11. On this point see William W. Boyer, America's Virgin Islands. 138.

12. See above, 205-207.

13. See Paul M. Leary, Position Paper: Background Information. Analysis
 and Recommendations (Virgin Islands Status Commission, 1981).

 14. For the voting results, see The Virgin Islands Daily News, November
 6, 1982 and November 10, 1982. Res. 1132 (1984) states: "Whereas
 on November 2, 1982 the following questions were put to the Virgin
 Islands electorate in a referendum: (a) Should the Virgin Islands have
 a Constitution? and (b) Should the status of the Virgin Islands be
 decided before a constitution is drafted? and Whereas a majority of
 the voters who participated in the November 2, 1982 referendum
 voted 'yes' on both questions .... Now, therefore ...."

15. This was probably a reaction to the experience with the two rejected
 constitutions. In both cases, unpopular or controversial sections may
 have been responsible for voter rejection of the documents as a
 whole.

16. Virgin Islands Daily News, 30 May, 1984; 1 June, 1984; 27 June,
 1984; 29 June, 1984; 14 August, 1984; and 16 August, 1984.

17. Free association and incorporated territory were thus added to the
 original list contained in Res. 1132. The option of "other" was
 dropped.

18. The size of the Commission was subsequently expanded to 17
 members by Act 5417, signed into law on March 20, 1989. This
 change was designed to provide greater representation for the
 Hispanic community. Act 5417 also provided for the use of symbols
 for each political status choice.

19. Voter Awareness of Political Status Options in the United States Virgin
 Islands (St. Thomas, Virgin Islands: Survey Research Unit,
 Caribbean Research Institute, University of the Virgin Islands, 1989).
 The survey was designed to measure voter attitudes and awareness
 of political status issues prior to the public education campaign and
 consisted of an exit poll taken at the 1988 general election. The
 political status options voters would have selected at the time of the
 poll were:

 1. Statehood: 19%
 2. Independence: 10%
 3. Free Association: 6%