STATE OF FLORIDA OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR EXECUTIVE ORDER NUMBER 26-76 (Declaring a Vacancy on the Manatee County Board of County Commissioners) WHEREAS, Carol Ann Felts, District 1 Commissioner on the Board of County Commissioners, Manatee County, passed away on February 24, 2026; and WHEREAS,

Article X,

Section 3, of the Florida Constitution, and

section 114.0l(l)(b), Florida Statutes, provide that a vacancy in office shall occur upon the death of an incumbent public officer; and WHEREAS,

section 114.01(2), Florida Statutes, provides that the Governor must file an Executive Order with the Secretary of State setting forth the facts giving rise to the vacancy in office. NOW, THEREFORE, I, RON DESANTIS, Governor of Florida, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the State of Florida, declare that due to the death of Carol Ann Felts, a vacancy exists on the Board of County Commissioners, Manatee County, which I will fill in compliance with the law.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of Florida to be affixed, at Tallahassee, this 24th day of March, 2026. ATTEST: 0 I"-..:> c:,-lf"'l f'-.,;) J>.:,;i r-.P' CT' Xr-==-C:-, -n J;>--,,- So ::r.: rA N -r► ;;r,:-:; .- U'l-1 (/) -0mo ::x m rn-r.. (/) 0-.."Tl-{ r-1> c.n -i N,.,,