Elections Board Approves Budgets But Awaits AG Opinion on 2026 Oversight Question

The V.I. Board of Elections on Monday continued a meeting that had begun the previous week, ultimately voting to approve budgets for both the board and the office of Supervisor of Elections. Despite having passed the budget for the Supervisor of Elections during Friday's portion of the meeting, once proceedings got underway on Monday afternoon, board member Barbara LaRonde attempted to revisit the issue. “I motion that we pull..the Office of Elections budget back from our beginning of this meeting, and take a closer look at how it's actually done,” she said. “I know…it was decided that we would accept it, but as I scrutinized it more this weekend, I think it needs to be pulled back,” Ms. LaRonde explained. “Things…are definitely not making sense.” The motion was seconded by board member Harriet Mercer, and passed with five members in favor and four against. Five members were absent for the vote. With that, the board retired into executive session to consider both budgets. Upon retur...