Election Information

 

The next election with voting for residents of the Town of Indian River Shores is the primary election on August 24, 2010.  Please click here for a sample ballot.  Since this is a CLOSED primary, you may only vote for candidates affiliated with the party with which you are registered.

If you would like information on Indian River County candidates, it is available by clicking their names at this link to the Supervisor of Elections' website.  Yor may also find information on candidates for the Primary Election, including some Indian River County candidates, at this link.

The Sebastian Inlet Tax District 209.2 does apply to 594 voters in Indian River Shores.  Click here to check a specific street name, which includes the Baytree, Indian Trails, Ocean Pearl, Marbrisa and Sea Colony neighborhoods.

Please do not forget to request a VOTE BY MAIL BALLOT if you will not be in Town for the election by calling the Supervisor of Elections at 772-226-3440 or clicking on the "Vote by Mail Ballot" link above.  These ballots will be mailed beginning 30 days prior to the election.  The last date they can be requested is August 18.

The November 2, 2010 election information will be posted upon conclusion of the Primaries. 

 

Electing Officials for the Town of Indian River Shores

The next Town Council elections will be held on March 8, 2011 with two seats open. 

March 2009 Town Council Members Atchison, Weick, Mayor Kenyon, Vice Mayor Ahrens, and Council Member Ochsner		Town Manager Robert Bradshaw and           Mayor Bill Kenyon, March 2009

The Town of Indian River Shores holds elections every odd-numbered year to elect two or three of the five-member Town Council.  This election is held on the second Tuesday in March in the Town's Community Center. 

Anyone interested in becoming an Indian River Shores council member must have been a resident of the Town for at least one year prior to the election.  Our council members are elected "at large," which means that each council member represents the Town as a whole rather than a specific district within the Town.  Other important considerations include:

• Willingness to serve a 4-year term of office;
• Is available to meet at least once per month, usually on the fourth Thursday at 3:30 p.m., to conduct the affairs of the Town;
• Participation in selection of the mayor and vice-mayor for 2-year terms at a special or regular meeting following the elections;
• Represents the Town on one or more boards or committees in the county or state;
• Serves without remuneration. 

Please contact the Town Clerk for further details or information regarding seeking election to Indian River Shores Town Council.

For detailed information on County-wide elections, absentee or mail-in ballots, voter registration, changes to your information, local election results and much more, please visit voteindianriver.com or call (772) 226-3440.

• FACT:  The Town had 3,436 registered voters in the August 2008 Election