Election 2025

ELECTION BOARD JUDGES

Pat Weisgerber, 148 Anchorage Drive

Brad Gough, 121 Elizabeth Way

Sandra Roberts, 107 Canal Drive

Alternate: Frank Weisgerber, 148 Anchorage Drive

ELECTION BOARD OFFICERS 

Ann Baker, 101 Canal Drive

Stephanie Bunoski, 417 Victoria Drive

Ingrid Moore, 309 W. 6th Street

THE 2025 ELECTION RESULTS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

OFFICE OF COUNCIL MEMBER:

Mark Giler (Winner)                                         252 votes

Christine Keefe (Winner)                                180 votes

Cynthia Van Horn (Winner)                             202 votes

Russell Beland                                                    173 votes

Steven Gallagher                                                150 votes

NOTICE OF ELECTION

TOWN OF SOUTH BETHANY

Town Hall, 402 Evergreen Road, South Bethany, Delaware

Saturday, May 10, 2025       9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

There are three (3) seats open for Council members for a two (2) year term.

Resident/Non-resident Council Members

The Town Charter provides that at least four of the seven members of the Town Council (which includes the Mayor) must be residents of the town, but all may be residents of the Town.

COUNCIL MEMBERS:  Based upon the current composition of Town Council, and the Mayor’s residency requirement, one (1) of the three (3) Council seats up for election this year must be filled by a Resident of the Town, and two (2) of the three (3) Council seats up for election this year may be filled by either a Resident or a Nonresident property owner.

The Town Council candidates are:

Russell Beland (Resident)

Steven Gallagher (Non-Resident)

Mark Giler (Non-Resident)

Christine Keefe (Resident)

Cynthia Van Horn (Resident)

VOTER ELIGIBILITY

Voter Eligibility can be found on the Town website at http://ecode360.com/37590992

You may vote in person on Election Day or Absentee Voting, for a qualified reason. Please call Town Hall at (302) 539-3653 if you have questions about voting.

ABSENTEE BALLOT VOTING

You must first complete an Affidavit, stating a qualified reason, to receive an Absentee Voting Ballot. Three ways to receive an Affidavit:

1) Stop in Town Hall, 402 Evergreen Rd, South Bethany, DE.

2) Call (302) 539-3653 or email (townclerk@southbethany.org) to request an Affidavit be mailed or emailed to you (see below for deadline).

3) Download an Affidavit from our website; southbethany.delaware.gov: “Info” tab, “Election 2025”. After submitting a completed and qualifying Affidavit to Town Hall, you will receive an Absentee Ballot.

A completed, signed Affidavit may be mailed, emailed from the voter’s email, or delivered in person to Town Hall.

• Any Affidavit which requests that an Absentee Ballot be MAILED to the elector must be received at Town Hall no later than four days prior (May 6, 2025) to the day of the election, to ensure adequate time for mailing.
• All other Affidavits MUST BE RECEIVED at Town Hall no later than 12:00 p.m. noon, the day before (May 9, 2025) the day of the election.
• PLEASE CALL TOWN HALL IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON DEADLINES.

RETURN OF ABSENTEE BALLOTS

All Absentee Ballots must be completed and returned to Town Hall by the closing of the polls at 3:00 p.m. SHARP on Election Day (Saturday, May 10, 2025).

It is the responsibility of the elector to ensure that the completed ballot is received at Town Hall (by mail or hand-delivery) NO LATER THAN the closing of the polls at 3:00 p.m. on Election Day.  Ballots received after this deadline will not be counted.

Wednesday, March 26, 2025, at 9:00 a.m., the Board of Elections publicly met to review and qualify the candidates for the May 10, 2025, election. There are five candidates running for the three Council seats. The following individuals have been confirmed as official candidates:

Russell Beland

Steven Gallagher

Mark Giler

Christine Keefe

Cynthia Van Horn

Absentee ballot voting opens on Thursday, April 17, 2025. 

TOWN OF SOUTH BETHANY NOTICE OF SOLICITATION OF CANDIDATES

Charter §6 Municipal Elections

The South Bethany 2025 Election will be held at Town Hall, 402 Evergreen Road, South Bethany, Delaware, on Saturday, May 10, 2025, from 9am – 3pm.

Positions Open:

Three (3) Town Council Members shall be elected. All seats are for a two-year term.

Applications for Candidacy are available beginning February 28, 2025, and must be filed by close of business at 4:00 p.m. EST on March 20, 2025.  Applications are available at Town Hall, via e-mail to townhall@southbethany.org, or by calling (302) 539-3653.

Qualifications of Candidates:

Pursuant to the Town Charter:

• Candidates for Town Council Member or Mayor shall have been a qualified voter of the Town for at least one (1) year prior to the date of election and meet the following requirements:
  • Attained twenty-one (21) years of age
  • A citizen of the United States
  • Registered under the Town’s voter registration ordinance (if one is in effect)
  • Has not been convicted of a felony or a crime of moral
• At least four members of the seven members of Town Council shall qualify as “Residents”* of the Town, pursuant to Charter § 6.3.1(d)[2] and shall maintain the status of “Resident” throughout their
• The term of office for each member of the Town Council and Mayor shall be two (2) years, and no person shall serve more than three (3) consecutive terms as Mayor, effective with terms beginning on or after the Election.

* A “Resident” of the Town is defined by Town Charter as:

Resident. A resident of the Town shall mean any natural person who has been physically residing within the Town corporate limits for at least thirty (30) days prior to any scheduled Town election, and who maintains residency within the Town on the date of election.

Town Council (3 vacancies). The Town Charter provides that at least four of the seven members of the Town Council (including the Mayor) must be residents of the Town, but all may be residents of the Town.

Based upon the current composition of Town Council, and the mayor’s residency requirement, one (1) of the three (3) Council seats up for election this year must be a Resident and two (2) may be filled by either a Resident or a Nonresident property owner. Each Council member shall continue, throughout his/her term of office, to maintain his or her residency status as described above.