The 2025 Daniel Island Park Association (DIPA) Board of Directors election is right around the corner. Four candidates have submitted nominations for the four DIPA Board of Directors positions. The candidates are Chris Bechhold, Dr. Mary Sudzina, Paul Bayer, and Pete Harper. Even though we have 4 candidates and there are only 4 positions to be filled on the DIPA Board, we must have 10% of property owners participate in the election.
Below is some information regarding the upcoming election, as well as the candidate photos and bios.
- 4 Directors will be elected by the Daniel Island Park Association (DIPA) Property Owners via an Electronic election starting on October 21, beginning at 6:00 AM, and ending on October 27, at 6:00 PM.
- If you are unable to vote electronically in the 2025 election of 4 DIPA Board Members:
- You may fill out and sign a secure paper ballot at the POA office at 130 River Landing Drive, Suite 1-C, Monday-Thursday, 9 AM – 4 PM, October 21– October 27. Your ballot will remain sealed until November 5th, when it will be counted with the electronic votes that are received.
- During this election time, you may vote by telephone by calling (844) 797-4575 (9 am-6 pm, ET) to speak with a Vote-Now specialist.
- You may also assign your vote by proxy by submitting in writing your address and signature and delivering it to the POA office at 130 River Landing Drive, Suite 1-C.
- If you are unable to vote electronically in the 2025 election of 4 DIPA Board Members:
- Only Daniel Island Park Association (DIPA) Property Owners can vote via an electronic election.
- This election is for the residents who own property within the Daniel Island Park Association (DIPA) only. DIPA comprises all single-family properties and townhomes located north of I-526.
- DIPA Renters are not eligible to vote.
- 1 vote per property
- Each property is only allotted one vote.
- If you have multiple DIPA properties, you still will only vote once, but your vote will be counted towards as many DIPA properties as you own.
- You must choose 4 of the 4 candidates. If you do not choose 4, your vote will not count.
- The first email with voting information will be sent to DIPA Property Owners on the first day of the election, October 21st, between 6 AM and 9 AM (emails are sent in batches by the voting software).
- The email will come from the email address “elections@vote-now.com“
- The email included a voting website and a unique voting code.
- If you do not receive an email, please check your spam folder.
- Need 10% of DIPA Property Owners to vote for the election to be valid by meeting our quorum requirement. This means a total of 105 households need to vote to validate the election. Even though we have 4 candidates and there are only 4 positions to be filled on the DIPA Board, we must have 10% of property owners participate in the election.
- Candidate Bios and Photos HERE.
If you have any questions or if you did not receive an email to vote by noon on October 21st, and it is not in your spam folder, please contact the POA office via email at info@dicommunity.org.
