Primary Election Is Saturday: Where to Vote, What’s on the Ballot and What Voters Need to Know
Registered Democratic voters across the Virgin Islands will select the party’s candidates for governor and lieutenant governor, delegate to Congress, the 36th Legislature and other offices when the territory holds its 2026 Primary Election on Saturday, August 1.
2026-07-30 18:12:28 - VI News Staff
Voting centers on St. Croix, St. Thomas and St. John will open at 7 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. The territory uses voting centers rather than neighborhood-based precincts, allowing eligible voters to cast their ballots at any listed center within their election jurisdiction, regardless of their residential address.
The election is the Democratic Party primary. Voters must be registered and enrolled as Democrats to participate. The Elections System states that no-party-affiliated voters cannot participate in a primary election because primaries are limited to party members. The deadline to register or make party-enrollment changes for the August 1 election was July 2 and has passed.
Where to Vote on Election Day
St. Croix
Voters in the St. Croix District may use any of the following three voting centers:
D.C. Canegata Recreation Center
St. Croix Central High School Modular Gymnasium
Claude O. Markoe Elementary School Cafeteria
St. Thomas
Voters in the St. Thomas-St. John District may vote at the following St. Thomas locations:
Charlotte Amalie High School — Sprung
Ivanna Eudora Kean High School Cafeteria
Elridge Blake Sports and Fitness Center at the University of the Virgin Islands
St. John
The two St. John voting centers are:
Julius Sprauve Elementary School
Guy Benjamin Community Center
Because the Elections System is using voting centers, voters are not restricted to a specific neighborhood precinct. They may cast their ballot at any voting center within their jurisdiction.