V.I. Board of Elections Demands Apology from Member After Incident Disrupts Early Voting

As soon as they convened for an emergency meeting on Tuesday afternoon, members of the V.I. Board of Elections retreated into executive session. “There was something that occurred yesterday at the St. Thomas office,” said board chair Alecia Wells. ”It deals with a board member.” Upon the  board’s return — almost half an hour beyond the initial 45 minutes allotted for discussion in executive session — they were ready to make a decision. Board member Raymond Williams moved that fellow board member Harriet Mercer “submit a written apology to the Election System and specifically to the Deputy Supervisor Keevermay Douglas and election officials who witnessed the negative behavior.” While board members were reluctant to provide too much detail, the negative behavior in question, which occurred on Monday, was said to have disrupted early voting to such an extent that the police had to step in to restore order.  Mr. Williams’s motion set an initial deadline of 24 hours for the written apolo...