United States Virgin Islands Constitutional Convention election, 2007
- United States Virgin Islands Constitutional Convention election, 2007
The Fifth Constitutional Convention was elected in the United States Virgin Islands on 12 June 2007, marking the fifth attempt to give the United States territory its own constitution; previous constitutional conventions had been elected (without a constitution being adopted) in 1964, 1971, 1977 and 1980. [http://www.virginislandsdailynews.com/index.pl/article_editorial?id=17609109] [http://www.caribbeannetnews.com/news-2058--19-19--.html] .
There were thirty delegates elected — thirteen from Saint Croix, thirteen from Saint Thomas–Saint John, including Water Island and two delegates from each of those districts were elected by voters on a territory-wide basis.
The delegates will have until 1 October 2008 to deliberate on a constitution proposal, which will then (after review periods by the Governor of the United States Virgin Islands, the President of the United States and the United States Congress) be put to a referendum, possibly in November 2008. The convention did not start work in July 2007, as planned, due to delays over legal challenges to the poll; it finally convened on 29 October 2007. [http://www.caribbeannetnews.com/news-4192--19-19--.html] [http://www.virginislandsdailynews.com/index.pl/article_home?id=17616581]
External links
* [http://www.onepaper.com/stcroixvi/?v=d&i=&s=News:Local&p=1176612195 Election results]
* [http://www.onepaper.com/stcroixvi/?v=d&s=News:Local&p=62945 Constitutional Conventions in the United States Virgin Islands]
* [http://www.itsourfuture.vi/timeline.html Official timeline of the Fifth Constitutional Convention]
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