Politics

Joint Boards Of Elections Meeting Contentious, Unproductive

A Joint Boards of Elections meeting held Monday at Gertrude's restaurant on St. Croix proved to be contentious and largely unproductive, as members from both the St. Croix and St. Thomas-St. John districts did not discuss or vote on key issues that could affect the upcoming November 4 General Election. With Sen. Alicia "Chucky" Hansen's name stripped from the Nov. 4 ballot by Supreme Court order late Friday, many in attendance hoped the issue would be raised, in light of the hundreds of ballots that were already cast with the embattled senator's name included as an option during the early voting period that began on Oct. 21. As of Oct. 26, however, Supervisor of Elections Caroline Fawkes indefinitely suspended early voting in the St. Croix District. St. Thomas Board member, Arturo Watlington, secretary of the Joint Boards, motioned to bring the discussion of Hansen to the floor, pointing out that the Boards wished to know with which of the recent court decisions they sho...