{"id":65154,"date":"2018-07-12T23:19:18","date_gmt":"2018-07-12T23:19:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viconsortium.com\/?p=65154"},"modified":"2018-07-12T23:19:18","modified_gmt":"2018-07-12T23:19:18","slug":"early-voting-postponed-again-election-system-blames-late-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?p=65154","title":{"rendered":"Early Voting Postponed Again; Election System Blames Late Funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Originally scheduled for July 10, <a href=\"https:\/\/viconsortium.com\/news-2\/early-voting-pushed-to-july-14-runoff-election-if-it-were-to-occur-set-for-november-20\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">then moved to July 14<\/span><\/a>, early voting for the August 4 primary election will now start on July 18 and end on July 25, giving residents 7 days to participate, according to a release the Election System of the Virgin Islands issued on Thursday. The Election System blamed the second delay on &#8220;late receipt of funding to purchase the election ballots.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Early voting will take place at the following locations:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The St. Croix Elections Office, located in the Sunny Isle Annex (Unit 4)<\/li>\n<li>The St. Thomas Elections Office, located in Lockhart Gardens (upstairs Banco Popular)<\/li>\n<li>The St. John Elections Office, located at the Market Place, suite II<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Last week Caroline Fawkes, Elections supervisor, released an amended 2018 election calendar that pins early voting for the general election as beginning on October 15 and ending on October 29.<\/p>\n<p>General election day is November 6. And peradventure there were to be a runoff election, it would take place on November 20, according to the calendar provided by Mrs. Fawkes and seen below.<\/p>\n[embeddoc url=&#8221;https:\/\/viconsortium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/2018-Amended-Revision-2-Elections-Calendar-Early-Voting-Dates.pdf&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Originally scheduled for July 10, then moved to July 14, early voting for the August 4 primary election will now start on July 18 and end on July 25, giving residents 7 days to participate, according to a release the Election System of the Virgin Islands issued on Thursday. 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