HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem #34 - First Reading OrdinanceJ-03-420
4/24/03
ORDINANCE NO. j5e��
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS;
CHANGING THE TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2003, CITY
OF MIAMI MUNICIPAL RUN-OFF ELECTION TO
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2003, TO PROVIDE THE
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS
SUFFICIENT TIME TO ACCURATELY PROGRAM VOTING
MACHINES, PRINT AND TEST -RUN THE BALLOT, AND
PROVIDE SUFFICIENT TIME FOR PROCESSING
ABSENTEE BALLOTING; DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK
TO TRANSMIT CERTIFIED COPIES OF THIS
ORDINANCE TO MIAMI-DADE COUNTY MANAGER STEVE
SHIVER AND THE MIAMI-DADE COUNTY ELECTIONS
SUPERVISOR; CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION
AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR
AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Charter of the City^Qf MWami, Section 7
(hereinafter "Section 711), provides, int*r alto,:
[a] regular [run-off] municipal elec Nii for the
election of commissioners shall be 4eld on the second
Tuesday after the first Monday ino ember in odd -
numbered years. Ano artisan pr'mary election for the
nomination of Candida s f e commission shall be
held on the first Tue ay t the first Monday in
November in odd-numbere e
and
WHEREA , purs ant tt e tion 7, this year's Primary (first)
Electi is m n t d t e scheduled on November 4, 2003; and
WHEREAS, pu nt to Section 7, this year's Run -Off
(regul ) Elect' -on is mandated to be scheduled on November 11,
2003; a a