Virgin Islands Voting Guide

• (a) any member of the Uniformed Services of the United States or;
• (b) any person registered and otherwise qualified to vote in elections in the United States Virgin Islands who is:
• (i) a person or his spouse who is engaged in educational pursuits and who is residing either outside the Territory of the Virgin Islands or in an election district other than that in which he is registered; or
• (ii) an officer or employee of the Government of the United States Virgin Islands or the Government of the United States assigned to official duties outside of the election district in which he is registered; or
• (iii) the spouse of any member of the Uniformed Services of the United States; or
• (iv) any person who has not been out of the election district in which he is registered for more than 90 days prior to the date of the election for which absentee status is sought; or
• (v) unable to appear personally at the polling place of the election district in which he is a qualified voter because of illness or physical disability, whether permanent or temporary, or because he will be or is a patient in a hospital...
• (vi) an inmate or patient in a Veterans' Administration hospital; or

(2) "Uniformed Services of the United States" means the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Coast Guard, United States Public Health Services Commissioned Corps, The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Corps and the Merchant Marine.”

Special Write-In Absentee Ballot means a method for voting by military and other persons overseas who, due to military contingencies or special circumstances such as those faced by submariners, national community service organizations, missionaries or others in remote areas, will be out of the communication for extended periods of time and unable to receive the regular ballot in the normal time frame. “

• Be a citizen of the United States
• Must be eighteen years of age or turn 18 before the next election
• Must meet the residency requirement
• Not be convicted felon who has not been discharged or pardoned
• Not have been adjudged mentally incompetent as to your ability to vote by a court of competent jurisdiction
• Not be registered elsewhere - in any other State or Territory of the United States or in any foreign country or any other election district

• Changing affiliation, name, address etc… must be done in person at any of the Election System’s office, by completing the necessary form.

• At School:Students can establish residency in Virginia if they have a present intent to remain at their Virginia school address for the time being, and they intend to make it their principal home.[8] Any other interpretation of the...
• To establish voting residency in Virginia, you must have a “place of abode”—a physical dwelling like a house or apartment—and “domicile” in Virginia.[9] To be domiciled in Virginia, your in-state physical dwelling must be your primary home...
• At Home. Students who lived in Virginia before moving elsewhere to attend school, and who wish to establish or keep their Virginia voting residency (i.e., at their parents’ Virginia address), should have no problem doing so unless they have...
• If you have established residence in another state and are moving back to Virginia with the intent to reside there, you will have to follow the normal registration procedures to re-register at home.
• Voting in Virginia may be considered a declaration of residency, potentially making you subject to other laws that govern state residents.

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