Election time is nearing on AMI.
Qualifying to run for elected offices in Anna Maria will be noon Aug. 18-noon Aug. 29.
Qualifying in Holmes Beach and Bradenton Beach will be noon Aug. 25-noon Aug. 29.
The offices up for election in Anna Maria include three commission seats for two-year terms. The seats currently are held by John Lynch, Charles Salem and Kathleen Morgan. Morgan is an active candidate, according to the supervisor of elections office.
In Bradenton Beach, there will be three commission seats and the mayoral post up for election. Seats held by Mayor John Chappie and Commissioners Deborah Scaccianoce and Janet E. Vosburgh for two-year terms are up in November and the seat held by Commissioner Ralph Cole is up for a one-year term due to a prior change in ward numbering and boundaries. Chappie and Scaccianoce announced they will seek reelection. Vosburgh will not. Cole’s plan is not known.
Holmes Beach’s election will include three two-term commission seats. Steven Oelfke, Terry W. Schaefer and Carol Soustek hold the seats. The incumbents have not announced their plans.
Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 4.
For more information, go to votemanatee.gov or 941-741-3823.