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First Early Voting Numbers For Reapportionment Initiative Are In

Early voting has started for the Reapportionment Initiative, whose aim is to 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. According to the Election System of the Virgin Islands, early voting started on Saturday, with 139 people voting on St. Croix; 125 on St. Thomas and 8 on St. John, for a total of 272. Early voting continued on Sunday and into Monday. It will end on March 22 ahead of the March 30 voting day for the initiative. To vote early on St. Croix, head to the Election System Office in the Sunny Isle Annex, building 4 (adjacent to the Social Security Office). On St. Thomas, the Election System Office is located upstairs Banco Popular in Lockhart Gardens, and at the St. John Marketplace in Suite II on St. John. The petition was originally supposed to be on the 2018 General Election ballot, but after collecting much more signatures than required by la...