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UPDATE: 42 candidates nominated for 2023 General Elections
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![Some of the candidates nominated this morning, April 13, 2023. From left: Ingrid A. Moses-Scatliffe (PVIM At Large), Vernon Vanterpool (Independent D9), L. Allen Wheatley (VIP D8), Kedrick D. Pickering (NDP At Large), Ronnie W. Skelton (PVIM At Large) and Chad C. George (Independent D1) Photo: VINO](https://www.virginislandsnewsonline.com/cache/images/350x_d_d8d97aa176164a2c862d09194e47bb05.jpg)
![PVIM Candidate Marvin E. Blyden was nominated by former NDP legislator Eileene L. Parsons, OBE. Photo: VINO](https://www.virginislandsnewsonline.com/cache/images/350x_b_b3fa2c5599a14f688fd1ddb2ae03a8ff.jpg)
![National Democratic Party (NDP) candidates Hon Marlon A. Penn (R8), left, and Coy W. Levons, right, who is contesting for the Ninth District seat. Photo: VINO](https://www.virginislandsnewsonline.com/cache/images/350x_6_646a2ac1a1d545fba26352327e509a97.jpg)
![From left: Independent At Large Candidate Daniel F. Davies and NDP's Third District Candidate Aaron F. Parillon. Photo: VINO](https://www.virginislandsnewsonline.com/cache/images/350x_p_ParillonDavies.jpg)
![Independent Fourth District Candidate Rosita Scatliffe-Thompson. Photo: VINO](https://www.virginislandsnewsonline.com/cache/images/350x_b_b5d7897461d7498ebb706662f19fcc6e.jpg)
![National Democratic Party (NDP) At Large Candidate Allen O’Neal, left, and Progressive Virgin Islands Movement (PVIM) Second District Candidate Hon Melvin M. Turnbull. Photo: VINO](https://www.virginislandsnewsonline.com/cache/images/350x_e_e34a4c10093543f593d191058c9e0b0b.jpg)
![Independent At Large Candidate Karen C. Vanterpool. Photo: VINO](https://www.virginislandsnewsonline.com/cache/images/350x_0_03b29a07f06448d3bc3c9e605a9e6b89.jpg)
![Virgin Islands Party (VIP) At Large Candidate Zoe J. Walcott, 2nd from right, and VIP Third District Candidate Kevin C. Smith aka 'OJ', 2nd from left. Photo: VINO](https://www.virginislandsnewsonline.com/cache/images/350x_c_c7fa1e33e6c04f0fa894f9340e610808.jpg)
Of those nominated, 25 are District Candidates and 17 are At Large Candidates.
There were 14 first-time candidates nominated on Nomination Day at Multi-Purpose Sports Complex yesterday, Thursday, April 13, 2023.
The total number of candidates nominated is one more than in 2019.
Only the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) has a full slate of candidates heading into Elections Day.
Advanced Polling is Friday, April 20, 2023.
Candidates duly nominated
The candidates in the FIRST Electoral District are as follows:
Dawson, Karl
George, Chad C.
Romney-Moses, Sylvia C.
The candidates in the SECOND Electoral District are as follows:
Christopher, Troy E.
Headley, Marieta C.
Turnbull, Melvin M.
The candidates in the THIRD Electoral District are as follows:
Fraser, Julian
Parillon, Aaron F.
Smith, Kevin C.
The candidates in the FOURTH Electoral District are as follows:
Harrigan-Underhill, Sandy M.
Hodge-Smith, Luce D.
Scatliffe-Thompson, Rosita N.
Smith, Ian Seymour
The candidates in the FIFTH Electoral District are as follows:
Blyden, Marvin E.
Rymer, Kye M.
The candidates in the SIXTH Electoral District are as follows:
Maduro-Caines, Alvera
Walwyn, Myron V.
The candidates in the SEVENTH Electoral District are as follows:
Scatliffe-Leonard, Perline R.
Wheatley, Natalio D.
The candidates in the EIGHTH Electoral District are as follows:
Penn, Marlon A.
Wheatley, Ludwis Allen
The candidates in the NINTH Electoral District are as follows:
Flax-Charles, Shereen D.
Levons, Coy W.
Vanterpool, Vernon
Wheatley, Vincent O.
The candidates in the TERRITORIAL Electoral District are as follows:
Brathwaite, Ishmael E.
Davies, Daniel Robert F.
de Castro, Sharie Bianca Y.
Ellis, Mitsy Jamelle
Estridge, Renard V.
Malone, Carvin
Mather, Stacy
Moses-Scatliffe, Ingrid A.
O’Neal, David Allen
Pickering, Kedrick D.
Skelton, Ronnie W.
Smith, Lesmore
Smith, Lorna
Smith, Neville A.
Smith-Archer, Shaina Mary Ann
Vanterpool, Karen C.
Walcott, Zoe J.
See previous article published April 13, 2023
Today, Thursday, April 13, 2023 is Nomination Day in the VI
Candidates for the 2023 General Elections have been making their way to the Multi-Purpose Sports Complex today, Thursday, April 13, 2023, to be nominated.
According to Section 25 of the Elections Act, every candidate for election must be nominated by at least two registered voters of the electoral district for which such candidate seeks election and his or her consent to nomination shall be given on such nomination paper and attested by one witness; and such candidate shall swear to an affidavit that he or she is, to the best of his or her knowledge, not disqualified under the provisions of the Constitution from contesting.
According to reports reaching our newsroom, the first person to be nominated this morning was National Democratic Party (NDP) At Large Candidate Mrs Lorna G. Smith, OBE.
Among those who have also been nominated are Virgin Islands Party (VIP) Eighth District Candidate L. Allen Wheatley, Independent First District Candidate Chad C. George, Progressive Virgin Islands Movement (PVIM) Fifth District Candidate Marvin E. Blyden, PVIM's Ninth District Candidate Hon Shereen D. Flax-Charles (AL) and Independent Ninth District Candidate Vernon Vanterpool.
Chairman of the NDP Hon Marlon A. Penn (R8) and Chairman of PVIM Ronnie W. Skelton were also nominated this morning.
41 candidates were nominated for the February 25, 2019 elections won by the Virgin Islands Party (VIP).
Only the VIP has a full slate of 13 candidates for the 2023 General Elections.
PVIM has nine candidates on its slate while the NDP also has nine candidates.
Polling Day in the VI is Monday, April 24, 2023, with Advance Polling on Friday, April 20, 2023.
More details and photos to follow.
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