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Resolution: R-12-0366
City Hall
3500 Pan American
Drive
Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 12-01117 Final Action Date: 9/27/2012
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK
TO WORK WITH THE MIAMI-DADE COUNTY ("COUNTY") DEPARTMENT OF
ELECTIONS TO PROVIDE PRE -PAID POSTAGE FOR THE RETURN OF
ABSENTEE BALLOTS WITHIN THE CITY OF MIAMI, DURING CITY-WIDE
ELECTIONS NOT IN LINE WITH A COUNTY -WIDE ELECTION.
WHEREAS, Miami -Dade County ("County"), and the City of Miami ("City"), recently have
experienced examples of alleged absentee ballot fraud; and
WHEREAS, absentee ballot fraud is typically associated with ballot brokers who seek to
influence innocent absentee voters by, among other methods, offering to pay the cost of postage
for the return of absentee ballots to the Miami -Dade Supervisor of Elections; and
WHEREAS, providing pre -paid postage for the return of absentee ballots will decrease the
ability of ballot brokers to illegally influence voters in the City; and
WHEREAS, the right to vote is a fundamental right in a democracy and should not be
impeded by the payment of any costs such as postage; and
WHEREAS, the cost for providing pre -paid postage would not exceed seventeen thousand
dollars ($17,000) in any City-wide election not in line with a County -wide election;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble of this Resolution are adopted
by reference and incorporated as fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. It shall be the policy of the Miami City Commission to provide pre -paid postage for
all absentee ballots sent out by the Supervisor of Elections in City-wide elections not in line with a
County -wide election.
Section 3. The City Clerk is directed to to work with the Miami -Dade County Department of
Elections for those elections commencing with the November 6, 2012 general election.
Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and
signature of the Mayor.{1}
Footnotes:
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{1} If the Mayor does not sign this Resolution, it shall become effective at the end of ten calendar
days from the date it was passed and adopted. If the Mayor vetoes this Resolution, it shall become
effective immediately upon override of the veto by the City Commission.
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