AG Responds To BOE, Shifts Hansen Issue To Legislature – But When Are They Going To Answer Our Questions? (Updated With AG Letter)
In case you’re wondering, we heard about the Attorney General’s (AG) response to the Board of Elections about our complaint challenging the eligibility of Alicia Hansen to run for public office.
And, like so many other actions from AG Vincent Frazer’s office, the response passed the buck, but didn’t resolve the issues CIF raised.
The AG’s response said that since the election results that indicated that Hansen had been duly elected had been certified by the Board, transmitted to Supervisor of Elections John Abramson and subsequently declared as final, that the responsibility for any further action in her case rests with the Legislature. The BOE, according to the AG, no longer has jurisdiction.
That’s all great, and we’ll watch with interest to see what the Legislature does about this. We hear through reliable sources that Senate President Ronald Russell has, upon receipt of the AG’s opinion, (finally) sought an opinion from the Legislative counsel on the matter.
But we still don’t have an answer to the questions we asked of the Board of Elections – and whatever action the Senate takes has nothing to do with that.
Our complaint challenges the eligibility of a candidate who was on probation at the time she was certified to run – on probation for a crime we maintain met the threshold to render her an unqualified voter and therefore an ineligible candidate. The complaint is attached below. We asked three questions:
- How was Hansen’s application for candidacy approved and certified by the Virgin Islands Board of Elections, since her probationary status was public knowledge at the time the application was filed?
- In the event no legal justification exists for her eligibility to seek office, what immediate remedies are available to cause her immediate expulsion from the Legislature?
- What steps must be taken to evaluate the persons responsible for this potentially damaging oversight and assure that the Board of Elections adequately carries out its duties in vetting and authorizing candidates?
Those questions have not been answered. And we’re not done asking them.
CIF President Michael Springer has been invited to “testify” before the St. Croix Board of Elections at its special meeting Thursday, 9:30 a.m.,  December 22 at the Sunny Isle office.
Hey,let me know when Chucky slips on a banana peel.Then I’ll know she’s out of the senate.Quick fix.To hell with the BOE,the Dept.of Justice and whoever else.
As the song might say….’just one slip,that’s all it took’!!
Ha ha ha
Leave the chuckster alone. She’s been SO busy solving all of our problems. The LEAC is just a figment of your imagination. Outside companies are coming here to save us all!
And pay? Who needs pay when we have been blessed with all of our fearless, receptive, imaginative, patient listening souls who are our “leaders”?
Facetiously Yours