Anna Maria voters have one choice to make Nov. 2.
And it doesn’t involve electing city commissioners.
Anna Maria residents will vote on a school tax referendum on the ballot throughout Manatee County.
There is no race for city commission as only two people — incumbents Carol Carter and Jonathan Crane — qualified to run for three seats.
Carter and Crane, who qualified in August with no opposition, were automatically reelected to two-year terms.
Commissioner Doug Copeland, appointed earlier this year, decided not to run and no other candidates stepped up or qualified.
According to the city charter, that leaves the third open seat to be filled by commission appointment next month.
Applications for the post can be completed at city hall, 10005 Gulf Drive, or online at cityofannamaria.com.
As of Oct. 6, two people had applied — Robert Kingan and Sharon Wisniewski.
Without a commission race, the only item on the Anna Maria ballot is a districtwide referendum asking voters to approve extending the School Board of Manatee County’s ad valorem tax July 1, 2022-June 30, 2025.
The referendum allows voters to decide whether to keep or scrap the school’s special 1-mill ad valorem property tax, which was first approved with 51% of the vote in 2018.
Roser Memorial Community Church, 512 Pine Ave., is the polling place for city voters. It will be open 7 a.m.-7 p.m. on Election Day.
People must bring a valid photo ID to vote.
The Manatee County Supervisor of Elections Office had sent out mail-in ballots to 406 of 1,025 Anna Maria voters as of Oct. 22, according to SEO Chief Deputy Sharon Stief.
Voters had returned 139 mail-in ballots to the SEO as of that date.
People can learn more about the election at the SEO website, votemanatee.com.