Revised Voters’ List for 2023 published; 16, 131 registered to vote
This is according to the Revised Voters’ List for 2023, which was published today, March 28, 2023.
Polling Day is April 24 and Advance Polling is April 20.
Supervisor of Elections Ms Scherrie N. Griffin said the list will be available in each local electoral district to which the list applies and at the Elections Office, the General Post Office and all the branch post offices and sub-post offices throughout the Territory.
Lists are also available online at bvi.gov.vg/elections under the ‘Revised Voters List’ section.
16, 131 eligible to cast a ballot
With 16,131 persons registered to vote, this is an increase of 1,093 compared to the last elections.
In the 2019 General Elections swept by the Virgin Islands Party (VIP), 15,038 persons were registered to vote. Voter turnout was 64.64%.
Meanwhile, the Office of the Elections Supervisor has listed four parties as registered for the upcoming elections. They are the Virgin Islands Party (VIP), National Democratic Party (NDP), Progressive Virgin Islands Movement (PVIM) and Progressives United (PU).
A total of 41 candidates were nominated to contest the 2019 election including 11 women and 30 men.
Nomination Day in the Virgin Islands is April 13, 2023.
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17 Responses to “Revised Voters’ List for 2023 published; 16, 131 registered to vote”
time to give VIP a full four year without smurf the pig and mitch the b*tch
https://bvi.gov.vg/qualifications-membership
A person may also be qualified to stand for election if they were qualified to stand under the previous Constitution.
The restrictions under the earlier constitution were much more relaxed (a person only needed to be a Belonger, over the age of 21, and resident and domiciled in the British Virgin Islands), and preserving them was intended to preserve the right of any sitting members of the House from accidentally being disqualified. However, the wording used suggests that any person who was so qualified on the day the 2007 constitution came into effect remains so qualified (i.e. any Belonger who was born before 1986 and was resident and domiciled in the British Virgin Islands on the date the 2007 constitution came into effect).
FOR VOTERS
BVI Constitution:
https://bvi.gov.vg/sites/default/files/constitution.pdf
Qualifications of voters
68.
1) Subject to subsection (3), a person shall be qualified to be registered as a voter for the purposes of elections if, and shall not be so qualified unless, he or she belongs to the Virgin Islands and on the qualifying date has attained the age of eighteen years and he or she either—
(a) is domiciled and resident in the Virgin Islands on the qualifying date; or
(b) on that date is domiciled in the Virgin Islands and resident in the United States Virgin Islands.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), any person who was qualified to be registered as a voter immediately before the commencement of this Constitution shall continue to be so qualified thereafter.
(3) No person shall be qualified to be registered as a voter under this section who on the qualifying date—
(a) is a person certified to be insane or otherwise adjudged to be of unsound mind under any law in force in the Virgin Islands;
(b) is disqualified by or under any such law from being registered as a voter for the purposes of elections by reason of his or her having been convicted of an offence relating to elections; or
(c) is under sentence of death imposed on him or her by a court or is serving a sentence of imprisonment (by whatever name called) for a term exceeding twelve months imposed on him or her by a court or substituted by competent authority for some other sentence imposed on him or her by a court.
(4) In this section “the qualifying date” means such date as may be appointed by or under any law in force in the Virgin Islands as the date with reference to which the qualifications of any person for registration are to be ascertained.
(5) For the purposes of subsection (3)(c)—
(a) two or more sentences of imprisonment that are required to be served consecutively shall be regarded as separate sentences if none of those sentences exceeds twelve months, but if any one of those sentences exceeds that term they shall be regarded as one sentence; and
(b) no account shall be taken of a sentence of imprisonment imposed as an alternative to or in default of the payment of a fine.
1. How democratic is it when 9,000 decide the fate of a Territory of 30,000+. A lot more than 9000 pay taxes.
2. Never say your vote can’t count. As you point out, contentious district elections could come down to the last vote.
Problem is many voters may not like any of the candidates and may remain home in greater numbers.
You talk about 9000 yea thats the people who are being culturally displaced and financially disadvantaged in their own country, especially due to business owners were hiring Guyanese, Jamaicans and Philippine and more as simple cashiers and other non skilled jobs.
Nothing against those people but instead of treating workers right the owners bring people who they have leverage over and can abuse. Greatful & vulnerable people who dont speak up and often dont know the rights according to the labor code.
This has changed the whole territory's work environment for the worse and perhaps one of the reasons why the minimum wage remains at around $6.
We actually need to protect the minority, that is the BVI, its culture and the will of its local people. Regardless of how many workers come and go, this is not a free for all and no country that values their people and culture is.
Where are the new graduates going to find jobs? let me guess send them away, because there's a lack of opportunity outside of government and continue the cycle of degrading the country brain drain included through no social planning. With no plan we are vulnerable to immigration problems. Obviously
We need creation of new industries, nurturing old ones and localized advanced education.
All that said the vote of the "small population" is meaningful and should be respected.
How can a person certify a list that contains dead people names, people that does not live in a district, persons that have been listed as students for over twenty years and those you have who have worked and retired. Are they checking the list before they sign it?
I think they need too hire a Research Officer.