Informal District Voting

St. Thomas, St. John and St. Croix are already divided up into subdistricts according to the 2000 census maps. If there are issues in your neighborhood that need to be fixed, seek out/draft someone living in your subdistrict who supports improving the quality, productivity and delivery of government services where you live. Party affiliation is not important, but a higher standard of life for now and the future is.

FACT: Voters in the U. S. Virgin Islands do not elect their representatives by district. 7 representatives (senators) are elected by the voters of the election district of St. Croix. 7 representatives (senators) are elected by the voters of the election district of St. Thomas/St. John. One at-large representative (senator) is elected by the combined vote from the two election districts of St. Croix and St. Thomas/St. John.

Each island is divided into subdistricts according to the 2000 census maps. There are many neighborhoods that make up the subdistrict in which you live.

Since each island is already divided into subdistricts according to the 2000 census maps, voters of the Virgin Islands have a unique opportunity to implement Informal District Voting.

Informal District Voting is voting for a person/persons who live(s) in a specific geographical subdistrict, who has/have a vested interest in developing solutions for the issues of that specific subdistrict with the residents and businesses of that subdistrict.

How do we implement Informal District Voting? Find/look for and draft/recruit people who live in the neighborhoods in which you live who have demonstrated integrity, a willingness to do public service, and who are in good standing with the government and the community in regard to personal obligations. This does not exclude those already in office.

Informal District Voting does not require the approval of the Governor, Legislature, the Board and or the Supervisor of Elections.

Informal District Voting is strictly a movement of the people, for the people, by the people; who are seeking or drafting a person or persons within their neighborhood (s) to represent the concerns and issues of their specific subdistrict.

A person may be drafted by petition by a group of people of a specific neighborhood to represent the people of that subdistrict. Basically this group becomes the campaign committee. Campaigning will be a lot less expensive. Candidates will probably do more door to door and town meetings than television, radio or print media.

More than one person can be drafted to represent a specific subdistrict. More than one candidate may seek to represent a specific subdistrict. Informal District Voting allows the voter to vote for seven candidates plus one at-large.

Candidates can very easily align themselves with candidates of another subdistrict in an effort to develop solutions to common issues.

The only difference with Informal District Voting and the way we currently elect our representatives, is voters will be more involved in the selection of the persons they will vote for to represent their subdistrict. Informal District Voting will bring us much closer to getting the accountability that we deserve from those that we elect.