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Ordinance: 13258
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3500 Pan American
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Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 11-00182 Final Action Date: 3/24/2011
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION ADJUSTING MUNICIPAL
ELECTION DATES AND QUALIFYING DATES AS FOLLOW: 1) CHANGING THE
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2011, CITY OF MIAMI GENERAL MUNICIPAL
ELECTION TO TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2011, TO COINCIDE WITH THE
HIALEAH, HOMESTEAD, AND MIAMI BEACH MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS TO
OFFSET THE COST OF A STAND ALONE ELECTION FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI; 2)
CHANGING THE QUALIFYING DATES FROM SEPTEMBER 9, 2011 THROUGH
SEPTEMBER 24, 2011 TO AUGUST 26, 2011 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 10, 2011
AT 6 PM, AND 3) SETTING THE RUN-OFF ELECTION AS NOVEMBER 15, 2011,
SHOULD A RUN-OFF BE NECESSARY; DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO
TRANSMIT CERTIFIED COPIES OF THIS ORDINANCE TO THE MIAMI-DADE
COUNTY MANAGER AND ELECTIONS SUPERVISOR; CONTAINING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND PROVIDING FOR AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE
DATE.
WHEREAS, the Charter of the City of Miami, Florida, ("City Charter") Section 7 (hereinafter
"Section 7"), provides, inter alia,:
[a] general municipal election for the mayor and city commissioners shall be held on
the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in odd -numbered years. A runoff
election for the mayor and city commissioners shall be held on the second Tuesday
after the first Monday in November in odd -numbered years...;
and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 7 of the City Charter, the 2011 General Municipal Election is
mandated to be scheduled on November 8, 2011, with a Run-off to be scheduled November 15,
2011, and
WHEREAS, the Miami -Dade County Manager and Miami -Dade County Elections Department,
wish to facilitate orderly, mutually cost-effective and coordinated elections in Miami -Dade County's
municipalities and require a minimum of two weeks between the general and run-off elections to
accurately program voting machines, print and test -run the run-off election ballot, and provide
sufficient time for processing absentee balloting and have requested a substitute date of Tuesday,
November 1, 2011, for the holding of the November 2011 General Election with a Run-off to be
scheduled November 15, 2011; and
WHEREAS, Section 100.3605(2), Florida Statutes, provides:
The governing body of a municipality may, by ordinance, change the dates for
qualifying and for the election of members of the governing body of the municipality
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and provide for the orderly transition of office resulting from such date changes;
and
WHEREAS, the qualifying dates from September 9, 2011 through September 24, 2011 are
changed to August 26, 2011 through September 10, 2011, and the qualifying cut-off time on
September 10, 2011, shall be 6 pm; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission, after careful consideration of this matter, deems it advisable
and in the best interest of the general welfare of the City of Miami and its inhabitants to change the
date for the November 2011 General Municipal Election as hereinafter set forth;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Ordinance are adopted by
reference and incorporated as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The Tuesday, November 8, 2011, City of Miami General Municipal Election is changed
to Tuesday, November 1, 2011, to coincide with the municipal elections being held by the cities of
Hialeah, Homestead and Miami Beach, to avoid a stand alone election for the City of Miami.
Section 3. The qualifying dates from September 9, 2011 through September 24, 2011 are
changed to August 26, 2011 through September 10, 2011. The qualifying cut-off time on September
10, 2011, shall be 6 pm.
Section 4. The Run-off election is further scheduled on November 15, 2011, should a Run-off be
necessary.
Section 5. The City Clerk is directed, upon the adoption of this Ordinance on second and final
reading, to notify the Miami -Dade County Elections Department of said change, and transmit certified
copies of this Ordinance to the Miami -Dade County Manager and Elections Supervisor.
Section 6. If any section, part of a section, paragraph, clause, phrase or word of this Ordinance is
declared invalid, the remaining provisions of this Ordinance shall not be affected.
Section 7. This Ordinance shall become effective immediately after final reading and adoption
thereof.{1 }
Footnotes:
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{1} This Ordinance shall become effective as specified herein unless vetoed by the Mayor within
ten days from the date it was passed and adopted. If the Mayor vetoes this Ordinance, it shall
become effective immediately upon override of the veto by the City Commission or upon the
effective date stated herein, whichever is later.
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