Form of primary ballots

1. Law
2. US Virgin Islands Code
3. Elections
4. Ballots and Ballot Boxes
5. Official Primary Ballot
6. Form of primary ballots

• (a) At primaries separate ballots shall be prepared for each political party, and the electronic voting machines shall be set so that the elector may vote the ballot of only the political party in which he is registered.

• (b) The ballot to be used at primary elections shall appear on the electronic voting machine in substantially the following form. In addition, a photograph of the candidate shall appeal directly next to the number of the candidate, clearly lined up on the voting machine and sample ballots, in a size and style that will adequately identify the candidate as determined by the Supervisor of Elections.

  • • Election District of ____, Virgin Islands, ____ Primary election held on the ____ day of ____, 19____. To vote for a candidate, depress button opposite name of that candidate. If you desire to vote for a person whose name is not on the ballot, write or paste his name in the blank space provided for that purpose.

    • John Hill (for Governor)

    • Fred Mill (for Lieutenant Governor)

    • Earl Smith (for Governor)

    • Frank Jones (for Lieutenant Governor)

    • John Doe

    • Richard Doe

    • Thomas James

    • John Stiles

    • Alice Moore

    • Joe Boyles

    • Henry Black

    • Jack Brown

    • Joe Smith

    • Mary White

    • Bill Budd

    • Thomas Green

    • Frank Rose

    • Jim Martin

    • Bud Williams

    • John Robinson

    • Tom Swift

    • Bruce Baker

    • David Mark

    • Allen Foster

    • Ann Wilson

    • Henry Lewis

    • Bruce James

    • Joe Blow

    The names of all candidates shall in all cases be arranged under the title of the office for which they are candidates, and be listed thereunder in the order determined by the casting of lots as provided by section 351 of this title. There shall be at the left at the end of the list of candidates for each office (or under the title of the office itself in the case there be no candidates who have filed nomination petitions therefor) as many blank spaces as there are persons to be voted for, for such office, in which space the elector may insert the name of any person whose name is not printed on the ballot as a candidate for such office. Opposite or under the name of each candidate, who is to be voted for by the electors at large, shall be printed the name of the election district in which such candidate resides; and opposite or under the name of each candidate who is to be voted for by the electors of an election district shall be printed the name of the polling district in which such candidate resides. At the bottom of the ballot shall appear the facsimile signature of the Supervisor of Elections. The ballot shall vary in form only as the names of election districts, offices, candidates or the provisions of this title may require.

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