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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCover Memo SRSecond Reading Ordinance CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA :\MINDED 08/27/ INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM SR.1 To Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission FRONT P scillmpson, CMC City Clerk DATE SU&jEC? REFERENCES. August 27, 2007 FILE Request to Use City Hall For Early Voting Site — 2007 Elections ENCLOSURES: (1) The Office of the City Clerk is requesting consideration for early voting for the general municipal election scheduled for November 6, 2007 for Commission Districts 1, 2, and 4. Florida Stature §101.657(e) enables municipalities to provide early voting in municipal elections that are not held in conjunction with county or state elections. A municipality may designate as many sites as necessary and shall conduct its activities providing that • Electors are allowed to vote early in main or branch offices of the supervisor of elections, public libraries and/or city halls; • The supervisor shall designate each early voting site by no later than the 30th day prior to an election and shall designate an early voting area at each early voting site; and • All early voting sites shall be open on the same days for the same amount of time and shall allow any person in line at the closing of an early voting site to vote. The Office of the City Clerk in coordination with the Miami -Dade County Elections Department has selected the following six (6) locations to utilize as early voting sites for the upcoming election(s). LOCATION TYPE DISTRICT ADDRESS ZIP PHONE Allapattah Branch Library Library 1 1799 NW 35th St. 33142 305 638-6086 Lemon City Branch Library Library 2 430 NE 61sr St. 33137 305 757-0662 Miami City Hall City Hall 2 3500 Pan American Dr. 33133 305-250-5360 Shenandoah Branch Library Library 4 2111 SW 19th St. 33145 305 854-5286 Stephen P. Clark Center Elections Branch Office All Districts 111 1st St. 33128 305-375-5553 West Flagler Branch Library Library 4 5050 West Flagler St. 33134 305 442-8710 AMENDED 08/27/2007 Please be advised that all City of Miami voters who are registered within Districts 1, 2, and 4 will be able to vote at any of the early voting sites as the IVotronic machines will be programmed with the same ballot style for each City of Miami commission district. The sites are proposed to be opened for 1 week only from 7:00 A.M. to 7: P.M. during the week of October 29-November 2 and from 9:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M on Saturday and Sunday November 3 and 4. Monday OCT 29 Tuesday OCT 30 Wednesday OCT 31 Thursday NOV 1 Friday NOV 2 Saturday NOV 3 Sunday NOV 4 7 AM -7 PM 7 AM -7 PM 7 AM -7 PM 7 AM -7 PM 7 AM -7 PM 9 AM -1 PM 9 AM -1 PM We will not be scheduling early voting for a runoff election. This item has been scheduled for first reading by the Commission on the September 11, 2007 Commission meeting agenda. Attached hereto is a map of these early voting sites. c. Pedro Hernandez, City Manager Jorge A. Fernandez, City Attorney Julie O. Bru, Assistant City Attorney Elvi Gallastegui, Agenda Coordinator Lester Sola, Miarni-Dade County Supervisor of Elections Ivy Korman, Miami -Dade County Deputy. Supervisor of Elections Teresita Fernandez, Executive Secretary, Hearing Boards Anel Rodtiguez, Administrative Assistant II, Hearing Boards 2