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Apr 20, 2020
The City of Rehoboth Beach will hold its Annual Municipal Election on Saturday, August 8, 2020, from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. in the Convention Center located in the Municipal Building at 229 Rehoboth Avenue, Rehoboth Beach. Two (2) seats for City Commissioner and one (1) seat for Mayor are available. The terms of office are three (3) years for each position. To be eligible to vote on August 8, you must register at City Hall on or before July 9, 2020.
Due to the current pandemic, City Hall remains closed to the public until further notice. If you meet any of the above qualifications and wish to register to vote, please call City Hall at 302-227-6181 and speak to election staff officials Donna Moore, ext. 108 or Jean Lee, ext. 114.;
If you miss two (2) consecutive annual elections, your name will be placed on an inactive list. You will be notified by postcard requesting your voting status.
Candidates for elective offices in the City of Rehoboth Beach shall be, by petition, signed by not less than ten (10) or more than twenty-five (25) qualified electors of the City and filed in the City Manager’s office on or before 4:30 p.m. Monday, June 8, 2020.
If you are interested in filing a Nominating Petition, please submit your request for a petition to [email protected] or call 302-227-6181, Donna Moore, ext. 108 or Jean Lee, ext. 114.
The Commissioners of Rehoboth Beach shall be judge of each candidate’s qualifications as prescribed by the City Charter. At the Commissioners regular meeting on June 19, the Commissioners of Rehoboth Beach shall sit in open meeting to judge the qualifications of candidates so nominated.
Each Nominating Petition shall designate only one person to be voted for as a Commissioner of Rehoboth Beach or as Commissioner with the title of Mayor.
No qualified elector shall sign the Nominating Petition of more candidates than there are elective offices to be filled. Each elector signing such petition shall also state whether he/she signed such petition as a freeholder, as a leaseholder, or as a resident.
Attached to each Nominating Petition, an affidavit must be included of the circulator thereof stating the following: the number of signers; that each signature appended thereto was made in his/her presence; that each signature is the genuine signature of the person whose name it purports to be; and that all of said signers are entitled to vote at the Regular Municipal Election referred to.
Any qualified elector may request an absentee ballot to vote by filing a written Absentee Ballot Request no later than 12:00 p.m. the day before the election, Friday, August 7, 2020. Certain requirements must be met to vote absentee. For more information, please refer to the City Charter, available online at www.cityofrehoboth.com, or call 302-227-6181, Donna Moore, ext. 108 or Jean Lee, ext. 114.
