Virgin Islands — At-Large District

ST. CROIX — Jed JohnHope has been disqualified as an aspirant for delegate to Congress after failing to collect the required number of signatures from both Virgin Islands election districts, according to an election official. “He did not meet the minimum requirement as per law,” Supervisor of Elections Caroline Fawkes said Tuesday. JohnHope initially picked up nomination papers as an independent for governor on April 24. But on May 19 — the final day of candidate filing — JohnHope shifted his plans and picked up nomination papers to seek the office of delegate to Congress instead. Records show he submitted his completed packet at 5:37 p.m., just 23 minutes before the 6 p.m. filing deadline. Under Virgin Islands election law, candidates seeking delegate to Congress must satisfy nomination requirements for offices elected at large by the territory’s voters. Those nomination papers must include signatures from at least 100 qualified electors in each election district, for a minimum of 200…