ST. CROIX — The St. Croix Board of Elections on Wednesday voted to remove Alicia Hansen, whose real name is Alden Alicia Pickering, from the November General Election ballot. They also voted to request an investigation into Mrs. Hansen’s eligibility to be a candidate, contending that the issues surrounding her name were to be carefully looked at by the Department of Justice, more pointedly Attorney General Claude Walker’s office, which would then determine whether Mrs. Hansen had committed fraud and should be permanently banned from this year’s ballot, or whether she should be allowed to run.<\/p>\n
Voting to override Supervisor of Elections Caroline Fawkes’s decision and remove Mrs. Hansen from the ballot were members\u00a0Glenn Webster, who made the motion,\u00a0Barbara Jackson McIntosh, the board’s vice chairwoman,\u00a0Roland Moolenaar and Adelbert Bryan. Voting against the motion were board members\u00a0Raymond J. Williams and\u00a0Lilliana Belardo de O’Neal, the board’s chairwoman. Member\u00a0Lisa Harris-Moorhead, who was present for most of the meeting but stormed out following some friction with Mr. Bryan, was absent.<\/p>\n
A motion made by Mr. Williams following the successful vote to remove Mrs. Hansen from the ballot, also blocked Mrs. Fawkes from sending St. Croix ballots to be printed before being authorized by the board; a move aimed at stymieing any move by the supervisor of election to ignore the board’s decision.<\/p>\n