Election

Board of Elections Chairman Chastises Member for Casting Doubt on Voting Process as General Election Heats Up

Board of Elections Chairman Raymond Williams during a Thursday board meeting chastised board member Harriet Mercer for what Mr. Raymond deemed a betrayal of her oath to the board following comments Ms. Mercer made on radio. Those comments, he said, sowed doubt in the community about the integrity of the territory's elections, and said Ms. Mercer should have addressed her concerns to board members instead of going to the airwaves. The chairman's comments followed a letter from Senator Alma Francis Heyliger read into the record by Supervisor of Elections, Caroline Fawkes. In her letter, Heyliger requested information urgently regarding the testing of the electronic voting machines prior to the start of early voting on October 10.  The letter read in part, “My staff has searched the Board of Elections official website to review the official procedures regarding the testing of the voting machines. The procedures are not provided on the website.”  In her correspondence, Ms. Heyliger requ...