PRESS RELEASE ELECTORS' INTEREST IN EARLY VOTING CONTINUE TO RISE

Collection: Elections
Sub-shelf: Election Records
Kind: Election Record
Entity: Elections System of the Virgin Islands
Date: 2022
Type: Early Voting
Topics: Elections Voting
Pages: 1
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PO Box 1499 Kingshill, St. Croix, USVI 00851-1499 / PO Box 6038, St. Thomas, USVI 00801-6038 (Telephone) St. Croix 340-773-1021 St. Thomas 340-774-3107 / St. John 340-776-6535 (Fax) St. Croix 340-773-4523 - St. Thomas /St. John 340-776-2391 STX - Sunny Isle Annex Unit 4 / STT - 9200 Lockhart Gardens / STJ – The Market Place Suite II Website: www.vivote.gov facebook.com/vivote.gov twitter.com/vivote youtube.com/user/ElectionSystem PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT: July 29, 2022 Caroline F. Fawkes Supervisor of Elections Caroline.fawkes@vi.gov (o) 340-773-1021 (c) 340-227-8827 ***ELECTORS’ INTEREST IN EARLY VOTING CONTINUE*** TO RISE WITH A STEADY FLOW Voters continue to turn out in steady numbers to cast their votes during Early Voting for the 2022 Democratic Primary Election. Supervisor of Elections, Caroline F. Fawkes, is satisfied with the turn out thus far and expects an increase throughout the weekend. Voting Centers are open on Saturday and Sunday. Voters have until Monday, August 1st to participate in Early Voting to avoid the lines on Primary Election Day - August 6, 2022. The hours are 9:00AM-6:00PM on St. Croix and St. Thomas and 9:00AM- 4:00PM on St. John. Early Voting locations in both districts are as follow: • District of St. Croix Elections Office-Sunny Isle Shopping Center Unit 26 • District of St Croix- St. Joseph Church Hospitality Lounge • District of St. Thomas-St. John- St. Thomas- Charlotte Amalie High School Gymnasium • District of St. Thomas-St. John- St. Thomas-Tutu Park Mall (former Scotia Bank location) • District of St. Thomas-St. John - Julius Sprauve Elementary School Cafeteria The number of Early Voters to date territory wide are as follows: St. Croix- 1,680, St. Thomas-1,692 and St. John- 73, for a total of 3,445 Early Voters. Supervisor Fawkes reminds the public that Absentee Ballots are available as an alternate for anyone that is unable to Early Vote or participate on Primary Election Day. Absentee Ballot applications are available at the Elections System offices and at our website www.vivote.gov. For additional information, you may contact the Office of the Supervisor of Elections at (340) 773-1021 or 774-3107. “Voting is not only our right- it is our power” – Loung Ung ###