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CITY OF MIAMI
OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY
MEMORANDUM
TO: The Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission
FROM: Julie 0. Bru, City Attorney/
DATE: June 24, 2010
RE: Proposed Second Reading Ordinance -July 8, 2010 City Commission Meeting
Changing the qualifying period for the November 2, 2010, election pursuant to
the City Charter
(File No. 10-00727)
The attached proposed second reading Ordinance, changes the qualifying time for the
November 2, 2010 elections required for the Offices of Commissioner for District One and
District Five, pursuant to the City Charter.
In accordance with the Miami -Dade County Elections Department, if a municipality
wishes to conduct a special election along with one of the countywide elections listed below, a
Resolution or Ordinance to call a Special Election must be passed no less than 60, no more than
120 days prior to the date of the election. However, in order to meet state -mandated deadlines
for the state write-in ballot and to mail absentee ballots to overseas voters, the deadline to submit
a resolution/ordinance to the Elections Department must follow the revised dates listed below.
1 he tollowing schedule deadlines must be followed:
PRIMARY ELECTION
No later than June 18, 2010
August 24, 2010
GENERAL ELECTION
No later than August 20, 2010
November 2, 2010
No later than
June 18, 2010
No later than
August 20, 2010
* Qualifying dates must not exceed the June 18, 2010, and Aulzust 20, 2010 deadlines as listed above.
cc: Carlos A. Migoya, City Manager
Elvi Gallastegui, Agenda Coordinator
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