Virgin Islands(British) - Register as a Voter

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Procedure

1. Complete a registration form depending on your qualification as a voter. Residents of the Virgin Islands may apply using Form No. 1, while applicants who are resident in the United States Virgin Islands may apply using Form No. 7.
2. Application Forms may be obtained at the Office of the Supervisor of Elections and from the post offices at East End, Road Town, West End, Carrot Bay and Cane Garden Bay on Tortola. On Virgin Gorda, application forms are available at the Post Offices in North Sound and the Valley. Forms may also be obtained from the District Officer on Anegada, the Government Office on Jost Van Dyke and Smiths Ferry Services/ Tortola Fast Ferry Office on St. Thomas.
3. Submit your completed application form.
4. Present your birth certificate, Virgin Islands Passport or a Belongers Card. A naturalisation certificate can also be used provided the certificate is dated before June 15, 2007.

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Required Documents

• Completed application form
• Documents to be presented when registering:
  • birth certificate
  • Virgin Islands Passport or a Belongers Card.
  • A naturalisation certificate can also be used provided the certificate is dated before June 15, 2007.

Office Locations & Contacts

Office of the Supervisor of Elections
Ground floor of Ulric Dawsons Building #6,
Russell Hill Road, Road Town,
Tortola, British Virgin Islands

Opening hours: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Mondays through Fridays

Telephone: 468-4380 or 468-3701 ext. 4380

Eligibility

To be qualified to register, a person must be:

• a Belonger or a citizen
• 18 years of age or older
• domiciled in the Virgin Islands.

Persons domiciled in the Virgin Islands and resident in the United States Virgin Islands are also qualified to register.

Fees

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Validity

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Instructions

All persons who are eligible to be registered as voters should register by applying to the Supervisor of Elections.

Applicants must complete only one form based on their qualifying section.

Those who are resident in the Virgin Islands may apply in Form No. 1 of the Second Schedule, while applicants who are resident in the United States Virgin Islands may apply in Form No. 7 of the Second Schedule.

Required Information

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1. Date of Birth.
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Need for the Document

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Disqualification to register

Section 68 of The Virgin Islands Constitution outlines the conditions for disqualification. The section states that no person shall be qualified to be registered as a voter who is certified to be insane or otherwise adjudged to be of an unsound mind. No person shall be qualified to register who has been convicted of an offence relating to elections; or who is under a sentence of death imposed on him or her by a court, or is serving a sentence of imprisonment for a term exceeding twelve months.

Other conditions for disqualification relating to incarceration are that persons convicted of two or more sentences of imprisonment that are required to be served consecutively shall be regarded as separate sentences if none of those sentences exceeds twelve months, but if anyone of those sentences exceeds that term they shall be regarded as one sentence.

Section 68 continues with a clause for registration. It states No account shall be taken of a sentence of imprisonment imposed as an alternative to or in default of the payment of a fine.

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External Links

• Government of the Virgin Islands' Website:

http://www.bvi.gov.vg/media-centre/continuous-voter-registration-effect-new-voters-urged-register

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