The BPW offices will close at 11:30 am today for the company Holiday Party. We will resume regular business hours Monday.

 

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April 6, 2023
12:00AM - 11:59PM
April 6, 2023 - 12:00 am

The Lewes BPW 2023 Solicitation of Candidates

The Lewes BPW will hold its Annual Municipal Election on Saturday May 13, 2023, at the Lewes BPW Business Office, 107 Franklin Ave, Lewes Delaware.

Vacancies exist for Two (2) Board seats for three-year terms each.

Persons interested in becoming a candidate for the election must file a letter of intention to the General Manager indicating their desire to become a candidate for the office of a Director of the Board.  Five (5) or more persons qualified to vote in the Annual Election may file the name of the candidate for the office of the Director of the Board provided that the candidate endorses his or her written consent.  Candidate filling form.

Wednesday, February 1, 2023 & no later than 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 6, 2023.

  CANDIDATE QUALIFICATION:

–   A qualified voter who is a resident for at least three hundred sixty-five (365) days next preceding the date of the

Annual Election for Directors of the Board.

–   At least twenty-one (21) years of age on the date of the annual election for Directors of the Board.

–   No member of the City Council or Mayor may serve concurrently on the Board and as Mayor or City Councilperson.

–   Disqualification.  If any Director during his or her term of office shall be found guilty of any crime or misdemeanor and sentenced to imprisonment for any term whatever or shall for any reason cease to be a resident, freeholder or leaseholder of the City, he or she shall forthwith be disqualified to act as Director, and his or her office shall be deemed vacant and shall be filled as aforesaid.