Manner of applying to vote; identification; voters' certificates; entries; voting list

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  • (a) Each elector desiring to vote shall, when he enters the place where the primary or general election is being held, state his name and present the Certificate of Registration, issued him in accordance with subsection (e) of section 100 of this title, to the election officers, if he is in possession of the same. If his registration card appears in the district register and, in the case of a primary, his party enrollment appears thereon, and the election officers are satisfied as to his identity and continued residence in the district, he shall be admitted to vote.

  • (b) Election officers shall require the elector to sign or make his or her mark on a voter's certificate for the purpose of comparing his signature thereon with his signature or mark appearing on the district register and on the elector's Certificate of Registration, if he is in possession of the same. Such voter's certificate shall be supplied by the Supervisor of Elections in such quantities as he deems necessary, and shall be in the following form:

      • I hereby certify that I am qualified to vote at this (primary) (election)

Signature ____

Address ____

____, Virgin Islands

Approved ____

Party (if at primary) ____

  • (c) When an elector has been found qualified and admitted to vote, the election officer in charge of the district register shall write or stamp the date of the election or primary and the elector's number in order of admission to vote, and shall sign his name or initials, in the proper space on the registration card of such voter contained in the district register. The elector's name shall also be entered, with his running number, on the list of voters voting at that primary or election, to be kept by a clerk of election as provided by section 559 of this title, and to be known as the voting list. At primaries, after each name on the voting list a note of the voter's party enrollment shall be added. Such party designations may be abbreviated in the manner prescribed by the board of elections prior to the opening of the polls.


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