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It is Election Day, Now it's Your turn.
You've heard dozens of jingles, hundreds of statements, myriads of promises and gone to an endless number of food sales and rallys. Today is election day. Today it's your turn in the political process.
Anger in the Voting Lines
There is anger among the electorate. In my line at the Ulla Muller school, everyone said they were fed up and voting the old hands out. People said they were tired of being fooled by the senate.
Late Endorsements
There were last minute endorsements. Stephen Frett was endorsed by the teacher's union yesterday. Donna Green was endorsed by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
Vote Fraud Protection
The US Attorney has created a special election unit to receive complaints about any voting rights violations. If you think there is election fraud, the US Attorney is at 774-5757 and in St. Croix the number is 773-3920. It's illegal to intimidate a voter, or bribe one, or forge ballots, and it is illegal to coerce the poor, elderly or illiterate.
Mock Election Tally
I tallied up all the votes in the schools mock elections.The students would return six incumbents, Gomez, Petrus, White, Donastorg, Potter and Berry. Next in line, Stephen Frett, Malik Sekou and Roosevelt David. According to this poll Frett, David and Sekou could get to the Senate.
Polling Hours and Special Location
The real polls are open until 7:00 PM. Go and vote. Residents of Bovoni, Thomasville and Nadir to go vote at Berthe C. Boschulte School.
WSTA Coverage
We will have all the election results right here on WSTA with Lee Carle, Bob Wilmer, Frank Jordan, Judy Shimmel, Sparkle Mouchet in St. Croix, and the Good News Guy on the computer. We will post the election results to the World Wide Web just as soon as we have them.
Rescue Chickie
The campaign to help Chickie Morciglio is giving you another opporttunity to help. There is a golf tournament at Mahogany Run Golf Course. Friday at 2 PM. The world's largest pig roast on Sunday the 10th There's a Giant Thank You card being prepared. Call 776-4566
Virgin Islands On Tv - Don't Miss This
Finally this: Our folklife festival is going on TV. Write November 19th on the calendar, that's the night when the Discovery Channel Travelers program will air our August 1996 Folklife Festival on the auir. It's at 6pm local time, 5 PM on the east coast. The footage includes the festival, and scenes from St. Croix and St. John. More important, the Discovery channel will repeat the show on Christmas Day.