Euwema v. Todman

*227OPINION

The question here presented is not whether as a matter of policy or justice the franchise should be extended to persons eighteen years of age or older. Nor is it, properly stated, whether a blank ballot should be tallied as an affirmative or a negative vote on a given proposition. Precisely at issue is whether under Act No. 2845 of the Eighth Legislature of the Virgin Islands, “An Act to Authorize a Voting Age Referendum at the Time of the 1970 General Election”, the voting age question submitted to the electorate is to be deemed part and parcel of the general elections held on…