The filing deadline for Rehoboth Beach’s 2025 municipal election has passed and there will be at least one new commissioner.

There are four candidates for two commissioner seats – Commissioner Edward Chrzanowski and first-time candidates Jeffrey Goode, Susan Stewart and Chris Galanty. Sitting Commissioner Francis “Bunky” Markert did not file for re-election. He served one term.

Chrzanowski is running for his third three-year term.

The election is Saturday, Aug. 9. To be eligible to vote, a person must be 18, a resident, freeholder or leaseholder, and registered in the city’s books of registered voters. If a registered voter misses two consecutive annual elections, their name will be placed on an inactive list and will be notified by postcard requesting their voting status. The deadline to register is 4:30 p.m., Thursday, July 10.

Absentee ballots will be available beginning Wednesday, June 25. Ballots will be sent to everyone who has an absentee ballot request form on file. Any qualified elector may request an absentee ballot to vote by filing a request for an absentee ballot form no later than noon, Friday, Aug. 8. The deadline for the city to mail ballots is Tuesday, Aug. 5. Ballots must be received by mail or in person before the polls close on the day of the Election.

The Rehoboth Beach Homeowners Association’s annual candidate forum will be at 10 a.m., Saturday, July 19, in the upstairs meeting room of the Rehoboth Beach Volunteer Fire Company, 219 Rehoboth Ave. There is elevator access available.

For more information, contact the city’s election office at 302-227-6181, Ext. 108, or go online to rehobothbeachde.gov.