CORRECTION: Earlier this month, the Cedar Key News incorrectly posted the seats in red below. The notice below is correct. SUBJECT:
UPCOMING ELECTIONS
FOR
CEDAR KEY CITY COMMISSION Four of the five Cedar Key City Commission seats are open: - Seat One currently seats Gene Hodges for a two-year term - Seat Three currently seats Dale Register for a two-year term - Seat Four currently seats Heath Davis for a one-year term - Seat Five currently seats Sue Colson for a two-year term At the March 5, 2013 Cedar Key Community Redevelopment Agency City Commission meeting, Commissioner Dale Register, currently seated in Commission Seat Three, now open for a two-year period, announced that he would run for the Commission Seat Four, currently occupied by Heath Davis, but open only for a one-year period. The QUALIFYING PERIOD begins on Monday, March 18, and ends Friday, March 22, 2013, at noon, a four-and-a-half day period. ELECTIONS will be held on May 7, 2013, at City Hall, 490 Second Street, Cedar Key. In the event that no candidate receives a majority of the votes cast, a RUN-OFF ELECTION will occur on May 28, 2013, between the two candidates receiving the highest number of votes cast. Polls will be open from 7AM to 7PM on election day(s). ELIGIBILITY "Each candidate for a seat must be a qualified voter who is a resident of the city for at least six months prior to the date the person qualifies to run for office. Each commissioner and the mayor shall continuously reside within the city during their terms of office."
Laws of Cedar Key, Current as of February 23, 2011; Chapter One: Municipal Charter, Article II: City Commission, 2.03.00. | 
