Editing Ocean View, Delaware (section)

==Government==
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|+ Presidential election results in Ocean View<ref name="DL">{{cite web|title=Dave's Redistricting|url=https://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::44f96cf9-7f2d-44a5-a989-373aaca36239|access-date=April 14, 2022}}</ref>
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|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[2020 United States presidential election in Delaware|2020]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|45.7% ''747''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''53.5%''' ''876''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.8% ''13''
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|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[2016 United States presidential election in Delaware|2016]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|37.7% ''492''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''58.9%''' ''768''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.4% ''44''
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Ocean View has a [[council-manager]] form of government. It is governed by [[mayor]] and a four-person [[town council]]. The [[town charter]] of April 1, 2003, lays out the structure of the town{{'}}s government.

===Elected officials===
The mayor presides over town council meetings and represents the town during emergencies and at ceremonial events, but otherwise has no policymaking powers or administrative responsibilities. The mayor is considered equal in powers and duties to each of the council members. The mayor is elected by a [[plurality (voting)|plurality]] of all registered town [[voter]]s to a three-year [[term of office]] and may serve an unlimited number of terms, but may serve no more than two consecutive terms as mayor. After leaving office, a former mayor must wait at least one year before being eligible to seek another term as mayor. However, an outgoing mayor may run for a town council seat immediately upon leaving office as mayor. Anyone 18 years of age or older who is registered to vote and lived in Ocean View for at least two years may run for mayor.

The four town council members are each elected by a plurality of all registered town voters to three-year terms of office. The town is divided into four electoral districts, one for each council member's seat, which are redrawn every ten years based upon U.S. Census results as well as when town boundaries change. Although elected by a plurality of the entire town{{'s}} voters, each council member must reside in a specific council district. The terms of the council members are staggered so that at least one council member{{'}}s seat is up for election every year. Like the mayor, each council member may serve an unlimited number of terms on the council, but no more than two terms consecutively, and must wait at least one year after leaving office before being eligible to run for another term on the council. However, a council member may run for mayor immediately upon leaving office as a council member. Anyone 18 years of age or older who is registered to vote and lived in Ocean View for at least one year may run for the town council.

Elections take place every year on the second Saturday in April. Elected candidates take office seven days after the election.

Josh Reddington is currently the town's mayor; he took over for former mayor Walter F. Curran, who reached his term limit in April 2020. Other council members include Frank Twardzik, Berton Reynolds, Bill Olsen, and Tom Maly.

===Government operations===
A [[town manager]] oversees day-to-day town operations. The town manager is assisted by three department heads: the Administratuve Official/Director of [[Public Works]], the Director of [[Finance]], and the [[Chief of Police]].

The [[Ocean View Police Department]] polices the town. Ocean View has no fire department of its own, instead relying on the services of the [[Millville Volunteer Fire Company]] in neighboring Millville.

The town manager is Carol Houck. The police department is led by [[Police chief|Chief]] Ken McLaughlin.