[nhelleks]

Just read in the paper on page A9 that Landowner elections will not show up on the General Election Ballot and voting locations are independent of the general election precincts.

AAC voting is at Paradise, La Hacienda and Savannah. Only one vote per residence. "Landowner elections" will take place at the District Offices on Old Mill Run.

This is all new to me. I thought everything was on one ballot and in one place.

Can anyone clarify this for me.

[champion6]

I looked at the article you referenced and became confused, too.

What I know is this ... I voted on Oct. 30 at Alamanda Rec Center. The CDD candidates for my district appeared on my ballot. Based on my address, my ballot was literally printed for me while I stood there. The candidates were for my CDD 8.

In my case there were no AAC candidates on my ballot, probably because I live south of 466.

[nhelleks]

Thanks Champion. Now about the landowner elections. I understand they already took place because there were no opponents. Tomorrow we are to go to the district offices and vote on them. The ones with the most votes will have four-year terms and the others will have two year terms. Does anyone know where I can find a list of people in the land owner of elections? I'd like to be in formed before I vote.

[Bryan]

One subject at a time.

The elections for the AAC (Amenity Authority Committee) are not "one person-one vote" as are votes for District Supervisors, congress, governor, etc. They are "one vote per home" no matter how many people live in that home. That is because the AAC decides how to spend the Amenity Fees collected each month and those fees are based on house lots, not numbers of people in the house. Because it is not "one person - one vote" it can't go on the 'normal' ballot but is a special, separate election. Currently, the AAC applies only to Districts north of 466. At some future point, it may involve other districts (i.e. the current POA lawsuit against the developer may determine that to some extent). Today, only districts 1, 2, 3 4, and the Lake County district have members on the AAC.

The landowner elections are for those districts where the developer still owns/controls the common facilities OR is in the process of turning control over to numbered districts (CDDs or Community Development Districts). The developer actually appoints the district supervisors to the seats he controls, they are not elected by the general public. Initially, each district has five supervisors all appointed by the developer as initially there are no homeowners in a district - only the common facilities built by the developer. As residents move into a district, it begins to 'transition' from developer-owned to resident-owned and the District Supervisor positions also transition from appointed to elected - but not all at once. Some districts may now be up to 4 elected and one appointed supervisor while our newest district (District 11 in Fruitland Park) currently has no residents so all five supervisors are appointed. Also the commercial districts (SS, LSL, and Brownwood) are all developer-controlled as they contain no residents. Supervisor terms of office are four years BUT, on the initial election or appointment, votes are cast for the appointed supervisors and then the highest vote getters have a four year term (2 of them) and the others have a two year term. This keeps all five positions from having their term of office expire at the same time and provides a little continuity to the district boards. The elections at the District Offices are just to determine who gets four year terms of appointed office.

[blueash]

Here is a summary of the AAC voting process from four years ago
http://www.districtgov.org/projects/...on%20Sheet.pdf

Interesting to note that all homeowners are eligible, but only one vote per home. The first one to get the ballot in whether by absentee or in person counts. Any later ballot from the same home is void. Also there is no requirement to be a citizen of the US nor to be a resident of the Villages nor be a registered voter. This is for home owners.

[nhelleks]

Bryan, thank you for your informative reply. I'm sure this will help a lot of people understand the workings of The Villages.

[sunnyatlast]

I think this discussion can be confusing to would-be homebuyers and newbies who have been told by haters of the developer that we have no vote on our city government.

Here is a link to Sumter County elections supervisor website, where our sample ballot is shown for today's elections. Clearly, we vote for our district/city representatives on the same ballot on which we elect a governor, senator, congressman, county commissioner, etc.

Here is the sample ballot link:

http://www.sumterelections.org/Porta...E%20BALLOT.pdf