Reapportionment Vote Happens Today. Here’s What You Need To Know.

Polls opened at 7:00 a.m. today for the Reapportionment Initiative’s special election, whose intent is to upend the current way Virgin Islanders elect their leaders, for a more representative form of government through districts that govern certain parts of the islands. The idea is to hold leaders more accountable once elected. Polls close at 7:00 p.m. today.

The initiative, if approved, would restructure the legislature from two separate legislative districts into five, with the legislature continuing with 15 senators: 9 district senators and 6 at-large senators.

The initiative also needs half of the territory’s registered voters to participate in today’s vote, and a majority of those votes, to become law.

Below are all the polling places:

St. Thomas-St. John District 

Charles W. Turnbull Library Poll: This polling place will serve Ivanna Eudora Kean, Joseph Gomez, Bertha C. Boschulte, Charles Turnbull precincts.

Lockhart Elementary School Poll: This polling place will serve the Charlotte Amalie High School Gym, Oswald Harris Court, Winston Raymo Center and Joseph Sibilly precincts.

The University of the Virgin Islands’ Sports & Fitness Center polling place will serve: Ulla Muller (Last Names A-l), Gladys Abraham Polling Precincts Ulla Muller (Last Names M-z), and Addelita Cancryn precincts.

The Julius Sprauve School polling place in St. John will serve the Guy Benjamin and Julius Sprauve precincts.

St. Croix District

The Pearl B. Larsen Elementary School polling place will serve Florence Williams and the Pearl B. Larsen precincts.

The Juanita Gardine Elementary School polling place will serve the Elena Christian, John F. Kennedy and Juanita Gardine precincts.

The Ricardo Richards Elementary School polling place will serve Lew Muckle and Ricardo Richards.

The St. Croix Educational Complex polling place will serve itself along with Alfredo Andrews, Eulalie Rivera and Evelyn Williams.

The Claude O. Markoe Elementary School polling place will serve itself, and Alexander Henderson Elementary School.