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Politics of the United States Virgin Islands takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic dependency, whereby the Governor is the head of the local government, and of a multi-party system. The United States Virgin Islands are an unincorporated and organized territory of the United States, administered by the Office of Insular Affairs of the United States Department of the Interior. Executive power is exercised by the local government of the Virgin Islands. The judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature. Virgin Islands residents are U.S. citizens but cannot vote in United States presidential election and cannot elect voting members of Congress. However, in the U.S. House of Representatives, they are represented by a delegate, who can vote in congressional committees but not in the House itself. Virgin Islands residents can vote fully in all elections if they become a resident of one of the 50 U.S. states, while residents of one of the 50 states who become residents of the Virgin Islands can no longer vote for President or for voting members of Congress. A federal lawsuit since 2011 in the District Court of the Virgin Islands and now before the Washington, D.C., Circuit Court is currently〔http://virginislandsdailynews.com/news/conference-lawsuit-focus-on-citizenship-rights-for-residents-of-u-s-territories-1.1636130〕 pending to provide Virgin Islanders with the fundamental right to be represented in Congress and vote for U.S. President.〔(Virgin Islands Daily News )〕 The federal case is Civil No. 3:11-cv-110, Charles v. U.S. Federal Elections Commission.〔http://sunlawvi.com/RTV%20Packet%20%28DC%29.pdf〕 A similar case was filed in the Superior Court of the Virgin Islands against the local Board of Elections.〔(Trial Warrior Blog )〕 The cases allege it was racial discrimination present in an all-white and segregated Congress of 1917 that was the impetus to deny the right to vote to a majority non-white constituency.〔(Voice of Russia Radio, Audio interview of the Attorney Pate at 1/3 through the audio stream. )〕 The local case is also pending a decision. ==Law== The Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands of 1954 is the current Organic Act defining the government of the United States Virgin Islands, which were acquired by the United States through the Treaty of the Danish West Indies of 1916. It replaced the Organic Act of the Virgin Islands of 1936 and earlier temporary provisions. It was subsequently amended in 1958 to prohibit political or religious tests, but required a loyalty oath as qualification to any office or public trust. The Virgin Islands Elective Governor Act made the Governor an elected office, and further amendments in 1984 removed the right to indictment for certain crimes and the jurisdiction of the admiralty courts.〔 〕 There have been several attempts at a constitution. The most recent attempt was the Fifth Constitutional Convention of the U.S. Virgin Islands which passed a proposed constitution in May 2009 but was rejected by Congress in June 2010. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Politics of the United States Virgin Islands」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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