Election Results Certified: Carla Joseph Climbs Rankings, Voter Turnout Tops 51%

Official results for elections in the territory were released on Friday by the Election Systems of the Virgin Islands.  On the evening of November 5, results were tallied from early and in-person votes; however in the following days, absentee and provisional ballots were processed and added to the vote counts.  In the territorial races for Delegate to the House of Representatives and the at-large seat in the Legislature of the Virgin Islands, the addition of absentee and provisional ballots to the preliminary figures changed nothing but the final vote total. Representative Stacey Plaskett, who was re-elected in a landslide, increased her lead over second place finisher Ida Smith by a further 284 votes. Ms. Plaskett (D) officially garnered 10,397 votes to Ms. Smith's (I) 2,323. Ronald Pickard (R) received an updated total of 1,348 votes, 37 more than where he stood on the night of Nov. 5.  The rankings in the St. Croix senate race were unaffected by the addition of absentee and provi...