PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT: August 9, 2014 Caroline F. Fawkes Supervisor of Elections Caroline.fawkes@vi.gov (o) 340-773-1021 (c) 340-227-8827 ***SPECIAL NOTICE *** CASTING OF LOTS—GENERAL ELECTION CANDIDATES The Casting of Lots **NEW** DATE is Tuesday, August 19, 2014 for candidates in the 2014 General Election. Supervisor Caroline F. Fawkes announces that pursuant to Title 18, Section 491 of the Virgin Islands Code the CASTING OF LOTS for the positioning of names of the candidates for the official General Election ballot. The CASTING OF LOTS will take place at 5:30pm on Tuesday, August 19, 2014 at the respective district offices (St. Croix and St. Thomas-St. John): •ST. CROIX DISTRICT OFFICE: STX - Sunny Isle Annex Unit 4 (adjacent to the Social Security Office) •ST. THOMAS-ST. JOHN DISTRICT OFFICE: STT - 9200 Lockhart Gardens (above Banco Popular) NOTE: Supervisor Caroline F. Fawkes advises that “candidates should be present to pick their LOT. If the candidate cannot appear to pick their LOT they can send a representative with a notarized letter as per 18 V.I.C. § 491 attesting that they can pick the candidate’s LOT. If that fails an authorized Elections official will pick the lot for the candidate.” ADDITIONAL NOTE: Supervisor Caroline Fawkes also advises the following: “Any Candidate who failed to meet the July 15, 2014 deadline for submission of their Campaign Disclosure reports (fees are accumulating as per 18 V.I.C. § 905) will not be able to take part in the casting lots.” Supervisor Fawkes further states that: “Candidates who are delinquent in submitting their report(s) are subject to having their names published in the local newspapers as delinquent candidates/elected officials.” ### 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 - Estate Enighed Website: www.vivote.gov facebook.com/vivote.gov twitter.com/vivote youtube.com/user/ElectionSystem