After several contentious Board of Elections meetings recently, the Elections Systems on St. Croix conducted an orderly, short meeting to draw numbers for district senatorial candidates ballot placement in the Nov. 2 general election.
The Elections Systems conference room was standing room only as Genevieve Whitaker, deputy supervisor of Elections, started drawing numbers shortly after 5:30 p.m. Tuesday. By 6 p.m., the candidates and their supporters left with their ballot numbers in hand.
Per Whitaker’s instruction, the candidates drew their ballot numbers in the order they filed their paperwork at the Elections office. Miquel Quinones was the first to pick his number – No. 16, followed by Iqnacio Llanos III, with No. 18, and incumbent Sen. Terrence “Positive” Nelson who picked No.12. 
St. Croix Senate candidates and their ballot numbers are:
1. Dwight Nicholson – no party affiliation
2. Robert Moorhead – Republican
3. Nereida “Nellie” Rivera-O’Reilly (incumbent) – no party
4. Diane Capehart (incumbent) – Democrat
5. Kevin Romain – no party
6. Arthur Brown, Jr. – Democrat
7. Naomi Joseph – ICM
8. Kurt Vialet – Democrat
9. Arthur Joseph – ICM
10. Alicia “Chucky” Hansen (incumbent) – no party
11. Linus Lacane – no party
12. Terrence “Positive” Nelson (incumbent) ICM
13. Malcolm McGregor – Democrat
14. Kenneth Gittens (incumbent) – Democrat
15. Neville James – Democrat
16. Miquel Quinones – no party
17. Jamila Russell – no party
18. Ignatio Llanos II – ICM
19. Novelle Francis Jr. – Democrat
20. Sammuel Sanes – Democrat
Elections supervisor Carolyn Fawkes joined the meeting by phone and announced the territorial St. Thomas/St. John candidates will draw numbers on Thursday. Meetings will be held simultaneously in Elections’ offices on St. Croix and St. Thomas at 5:30 p.m. After delegate to Congress, gubernatorial and at-large senate numbers are drawn, St. Thomas senatorial candidates will draw numbers for their order on the ballot.
Fawkes said the delay in certifying the St. Thomas/St. John district primary election until Tuesday afternoon would not cause any deadline problems. Candidates will be notified the required two days in advance of casting lots, she said.
“By pulling (numbers) this week, we still could meet the deadlines. We’ll be all right,” Fawkes said.
Since there were no Elections board members present who were up for reelection, Whitaker pulled ballot numbers and they will be listed on the ballet in this order: 1. Adelbert Bryan (no party), 2. Epiphane Joseph (ICM), 3. Raymond Williams (Democrat), 4. Rupert Ross (Democrat), and 5. Barbara Jackson-McIntosh (Democrat).
