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Originally Posted by john352

It is too late to become a candidate for 2024. The deadline was in May.

The election to seats on a VCDD Board is handled by the Sumter County Supervisor of Elections for all VCDDs that are in Sumter County. For most of the seats, there is only one candidate; that candidate automatically wins the seat and does not appear on the November ballot. The process to become a candidate normally requires a minimum number of petitions. For more information see: Candidates

This is incorrect for the Landowner Elections that are coming up. Here's the information for CDD15 from the Districtgov.org website. Similar applies to CDD14. The district clerk runs the landowner elections not the county SOE. Contact Jennifer Farlow for the full details.

Landowner Election Notification-District 15

Village Community Development District No. 15 will hold a Landowner Election on Tuesday, November 5, 2024 from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Everglades Recreation Center in the Rocky Mountain Room, 5497 Marsh Bend Trail, The Villages, Florida 32163.

A Landowner Nomination Meeting will be held for the purpose of receiving nominations for Seats 3, 4 and 5 on the Village Community Development District No. 15 Board on Friday, October 18, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. at Everglades Recreation Center, Grand Canyon Room, 5497 Marsh Bend Trail, The Villages, Florida.

A Landowner Elected Supervisor must be a resident of the State of Florida and the United States of America. At the Landowner Election, each landowner shall be entitled to cast one vote per acre of land owned by him or her and located within the district for each person to be elected. A landowner may vote in person or by proxy in writing (sample proxy attached).Each proxy must be signed by one of the legal owners of the property for which the vote is cast and must contain the typed or printed name of the individual who signed the proxy; the street address, legal description of the property, or tax parcel identification number; and the number of authorized votes. If the proxy authorizes more than one vote, each property must be listed and the number of acres of each property must be included. The signature on a proxy need not be notarized. The proxy can be obtained from the District Clerk’s Office, 984 Old Mill Run, The Villages, Florida 32162. A fraction of an acre shall be treated as 1acre, entitling the landowner to one vote with respect thereto. For purposes of determining voting interests, platted lots shall be counted individually and rounded up to the nearest whole acre. The acreage of platted lots shall not be aggregated for determining the number of voting units held by a landowner or a landowner’s proxy. The two candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall be elected for a period of 4 years, and the three candidates receiving the next largest number of votes shall be elected for a period of 2 years, with the term of office for each successful candidate commencing upon election.

If you have any questions regarding the upcoming Landowner Election Nomination Meeting or the Landowner Election, please contact Jennifer Farlow, District Clerk, at jennifer.farlow@districtgov.org or (352) 751-3939.