Virgin Islands- Capital: Charlotte Amalie (island of St. Thomas)
Current Virgin Islands Statewide Office Holders
Official Name/Status All States
- The unincorporated TERRITORY of Virgin Islands
- Status: unincorporated TERRITORY
- possession [officially, the UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS] formally transferred to the United States by DENMARK, 31 March 1917 (before this, known as the DANISH WEST INDIES)
Constitutions All States Links to State Constitutions
- Enabling Act (of the Congress of the United States):
Executive Branch All States
- Chief Executive
- Governor
- Major Executive Officers Elected Statewide All States
- Governor: 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026. Term Limit: 2 consecutive full 4-year terms. Territorial Governor
- Delegate to the House of Representatives: 2 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2024
Legislative Branch All States
- Unicameral
- Senate
Local Government All States
Statutory Election Information All States
- General Election All States
- (--2013) The next general election in the Virgin Islands shall be held on November 2, 1954 ... Thereafter the general elections shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, beginning with the year 1956, and every two years thereafter. [U.S. Code Title 48,Chapter 12, Subchapter III, §1576][18 VIC 231]
(a) The Delegate from the Virgin Islands shall be elected at large, by separate ballot and by a majority of the votes cast for the office of Delegate. ... If no candidate receives such majority, on the fourteenth day following such election a runoff election shall be held between the candidates receiving the highest and the second highest number of votes cast for the office of Delegate. In case of a permanent vacancy in the office of Delegate, by reason of death, resignation, or permanent disability, the office of Delegate shall remain vacant until a successor shall have been elected and qualified. [U.S. Code Title 48, Chapter 16, Subchapter I, §1712] [Revised Organic Act of 1954, Sec., 11 re: Gov.-Lt Gov.; PL 92-271]
- (2013--) "General elections shall be held in the Virgin Islands on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, beginning with the year 1964, and every two years thereafter ..." [18 V.I.C. §231]
"If no candidates receive a majority of the votes cast in any election, on the fourteenth day thereafter a runoff election shall be held between the candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor receiving the highest and second highest numbers of votes cast." [V.I.C. Rev. Org. Act of 1954 § 11 (2013)]
- (--2013) The next general election in the Virgin Islands shall be held on November 2, 1954 ... Thereafter the general elections shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, beginning with the year 1956, and every two years thereafter. [U.S. Code Title 48,Chapter 12, Subchapter III, §1576][18 VIC 231]
- State Primary All States
- (--2012) Party primary elections shall be held in the Virgin Islands on the second Saturday of September for the purpose of choosing candidates for nomination to public offices to be voted for at the ensuing general election. [Title 18 Chapter 11 § 232] [18 VIC 232]
- (2012--) Party primary elections shall be held in the Virgin Islands on the first Saturday of August for the purpose of choosing candidates for nomination to public offices to be voted for at the ensuing general election. [18 V.I.C. § 232]
- Polling times All States
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- US Code - Virgin Islands. Cornell University Law School - Legal Information Institute
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- Democratic
- U.S. Virgin Islands Democratic Party. (facebook.com)
- US Virgin Islands Democratic Party. (facebook.com). Appears to be mostly unused.
- Republican
- The Republican Party of the USVI
- The Republican Party of the Virgin Islands; P.O. Box 1532; St. Thomas, VI 00804; 340-776-0583
- Virgin Islands Caucus
- Virgin Islands Republican Party (Facebook)
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