PUBLIC NOTICE
CITY OF FORT MEADE, FLORIDA
ELECTION OF TWO CITY COMMISSIONERS FOR THE
FORT MEADE CITY COMMISSION
Notice is hereby given that the City of Fort Meade will hold a Municipal Election on November 7, 2017 between the hours of 7 AM and 7 PM, for the election of two commissioners.
Seat Three – Precinct 518
Seat Five – At Large
Petitions from Candidates will be accepted by the Deputy City Clerk beginning at Noon, Monday, August 28, 2017 until Noon, Friday, September 1, 2017. Term of office is for four years. Present terms expire January 9, 2018. Each Candidate for City Commissioner must be a qualified elector of the City of Fort Meade and shall have been a resident of the City for one year.
Candidates for Seat Three, Precinct 518 – must reside within Precinct 518.
Candidates for Seat Five, At Large – must reside within the city limits of Fort Meade.
Petitions for Candidates for City Commissioner must bear the names of at least 25 persons qualified to vote in the City Election. To be eligible to sign a petition for only one Candidate for Seat Three, Precinct 518, a Voter must reside within Precinct 518. Any Voter residing within the city limits of Fort Meade may sign only one petition for a Candidate for the At Large Seat.
You must be registered in the Polk County Registration Books in order to be entitled to vote. Registration Books will close on October 10, 2017, 29 days prior to the election. To vote in this City Election, you must reside within the city limits of Fort Meade.
All Precincts will vote in the Fort Meade Community Center at 10 SW Third Street.
Should a run-off election be required, it will be held November 21, 2017 at the Fort Meade Community Center.
WITNESS my hand as Deputy City Clerk and the Seal of the city of Fort Meade, Florida, this
26th day of July, 2017.
Melissa W. Newman
Deputy City Clerk of Fort Meade