2026 TOWN OF BETHEL ELECTION PUBLIC NOTICE
PUBLIC NOTICE
TOWN of BETHEL
7769 Main Street
Bethel, DE 19931
(302) 877-8139
NOTICE to TOWN of BETHEL RESIDENTS
2026 MUNICIPAL ELECTION INFORMATION
Two, (2), Town Council terms of office will be expiring this year.
A Municipal Election to fill these positions will be held on Saturday, February 21, 2026, at the Bethel Community Hall. The Polls will be open from 1:00 pm, until 4:00 pm.
CANDIDATES ON THE BALLOT FOR THE COUNCIL ARE:
LARRY DAVIS
MARK SHAVER
DAVID STUCKEY
VOTER ELIGIBILITY (Identification verification is required):
Each person shall have a single vote having met, on the day of election, the following
requirements:
1. United States citizenship, and
2. Having reached the age of 18 years at time of the election, and
3. Be a resident of Bethel, or
a. a non-resident real property owner, or
b. declaring holding Bethel as a legal home of record, or
c. person, or family member, holding a valid oral or written lease of residency within Bethel, or
d. Multiple owners of Real Property shall be allowed a single vote per name (no matter how many properties are owned), or i.e., Beneficial owners of a corporate entity as defined by Title 8 of Delaware Code are entitled to vote with sufficient proof of ownership.
Absentee ballot applications may be picked up at the Bethel Store, Forms Box at the town office, or requested from the Town Clerk on Wednesdays. 9am~Noon and 1pm~3pm, or downloaded from the town website (https://bethel.delaware.gov/).
Deadline to request a mailed absentee ballot is 3:00pm Wednesday, February 4th, 2026.
Applications submitted beyond that must be presented directly to a Board of Election member prior to 12:00 noon on Thursday February 12th, 2026.
Non-Mailed Ballots must be picked up in person before 3:00pm on Wednesday February 18th, 2026.
