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PRISCILLA A, THOMPSON
City Clerk
May 13, 2005
CERTIFIED MAIL
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
Lester Solo
Miami -Dade County Supervisor of Elections
2700 NW 87th Ave.
Miami, Florida 33172
Re: Request to change City of Miami General election date to. November 1, 2005
Dear Mr. Sole:
This confirms receipt of your letter relative to your inability to be present at the May 12,
2005 Commission meeting and requesting your presentation be rescheduled to the next
commission meeting currently scheduled for May .26, 2005. As requested, the Commission
deferred the discussion item to .the May 26th meeting. Additionally, we are in receipt of your
May 8, 2005 letter listing cost estimates for our November, 2005 municipal elections.
Please be advised that during yesterday's meeting, a report authored by Martha Mahoney,
University of Miami Professor, School of Law, .noting various discrepancies between the
number of votes cast and signatures collected by poll workers in Miami-Dade's November,
2004 general election was brought up by Commissioner Tomas Regaledo. For your
convenience, I have enclosed a copy of this .discussion on compact disc. We have requested a
copy of the report and will be distributing it to the Mayor and Commissioners for their
review prior to the May 26th meeting. You should be prepared to discuss this report and
answer any questions the Commission may have during: the discussion,
The May 26, 2005 Commission. Meeting, begins at 9:00 a.m. Please call me at (3CI5) 250-
5370 or. Elections Coordinator Jenise c ibson at (305) 250-5358 to confirm your attendance.
Priscilla A. Thompson.
City Clerk
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c: The Honorable Mayor and Commissioners
Joe Arriola, Chief Administrator/City Manager
Jorge L. Fernandez, CityAttorney
Julie Q. Bra, Deputy City Attorney
Maria J. Chiaro, Assistant City Attorney
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JOE ARRI(LA
City ManaJler