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Resolution R-17-0315
File Number: 2154
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
www.miamigov.com
Final Action Date: 6/22/2017
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
PROVIDING FOR A GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION ON NOVEMBER 7, 2017
FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING A MAYOR AND THREE (3)
COMMISSIONERS; FURTHER PROVIDING FOR A RUN-OFF ELECTION, IF
REQUIRED, ON NOVEMBER 21, 2017; PROVIDING FOR THE REGISTRATION
OF PERSONS QUALIFIED TO VOTE IN BOTH ELECTIONS; DESCRIBING
PERSONS QUALIFIED TO VOTE IN BOTH ELECTIONS; DESCRIBING THE
REGISTRATION BOOKS AND RECORDS MAINTAINED UNDER THE
PROVISIONS OF THE GENERAL LAWS OF FLORIDA AND CHAPTER 16 OF
THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, WHICH THE
CITY OF MIAMI HAS ADOPTED FOR USE IN GENERAL MUNICIPAL AND RUN-
OFF ELECTIONS; DESIGNATING AND APPOINTING THE CITY CLERK AS THE
OFFICIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CITY COMMISSION WITH RESPECT TO
THE USE OF SUCH REGISTRATION BOOKS AND RECORDS; DIRECTING THE
CITY CLERK TO GIVE NOTICE BY PUBLICATION OF THE ADOPTION OF THIS
RESOLUTION AND THE PROVISIONS HEREOF; CONTAINING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Section 7 of the Charter of the City of Miami, Florida ("City Charter")
provides:
[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 third
Tuesday after the first Monday in November in odd -numbered years; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 7 of the City Charter, the 2017 General Municipal
Election is mandated to be scheduled on November 7, 2017 and the Run -Off Election is
mandated to be scheduled two (2) weeks afterward on November 21, 2017;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Resolution are
adopted by reference and incorporated as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. In accordance with the provisions of Section 7 of the City Charter and the
Florida Election Code, the City Commission directs a general municipal election in the City of
Miami, Florida ("City") at the polling places designated in Exhibit No. 1, attached and
incorporated, on Tuesday, November 7, 2017, from 7:00 A.M. until 7:00 P.M., to elect the
following officers of the City: the Mayor who is to be elected Citywide and three (3) District
Commissioners who are to be elected from Districts 3, 4, and 5.
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Section 3. A run-off election, if required, is directed to be held in the City at the polling
places designated in Exhibit No. 1, from 7:00 A.M. until 7:00 P.M., on Tuesday, November 21,
2017.
Section 4. The candidate qualifying period for the November 2017 General Municipal
Election will be scheduled from Friday, September 8, 2017 until Saturday, September 23, 2017
at 6:00 P.M.
Section 5. The precinct clerks and inspectors to serve at said polling places on said
dates shall be designated by the Supervisor of Elections of Miami -Dade County, Florida for such
purposes in accordance with the general laws of the State of Florida ("State").
Section 6. Persons who are qualified to vote in said elections and who have not
registered under the provisions of the Florida Election Code and Chapter 16 of the Code of the
City of Miami, Florida, as amended, or who have transferred their legal residence from one
voting precinct to another voting precinct in the City, may register at such branch offices as may
be approved by the Supervisor of Elections of Miami -Dade County and at said Supervisor's
office which will be open at the following location and during the following times:
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY
ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT
2700 Northwest 87th Avenue, Doral, Florida
Monday to Friday, 8:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M.
Qualified persons may also register at branch offices and may also use any mobile registration
van during such times and on such dates as may be designated by the Supervisor of Elections
of Miami -Dade County.
Section 7. The elections shall be held at the polling places in the precincts designated
on said Exhibit No. 1, or as may be designated by the Supervisor of Elections of Miami -Dade
County, in conformity with the provisions of the Florida Election Code. A description of the
registration books and records which pertain to election precincts wholly or partly within the City
and which the City is adopting and desires to use for holding such elections is all voter
information cards, registration books, records, and certificates pertaining to electors of the City
and established and maintained as official by the Supervisor of Elections of Miami -Dade
County, in conformity with the provisions of the Florida Election Code, are adopted and declared
to be, and shall hereafter be recognized and accepted as official voter information cards,
registration books, records, and certificates of the City.
Section 8. The ballots to be used in said elections shall be so prepared that the names
of the qualified candidates will appear on said ballots in alphabetical order according to surname
for each district; provided, however, that the ballots and their preparation shall comply with the
general election laws of the State. Vote -by -Mail ballots may be used by qualified electors of the
City for voting. The form of such ballot shall be in accordance with the requirements prescribed
by the general election laws of the State.
Section 9. (a) In compliance with the Florida Election Code, the City Clerk is authorized
and directed to publish notice of the herein Resolution and of the provisions hereof, at least
twice during the thirty (30) days prior to the beginning of qualifying in newspaper(s) of general
circulation in the City which notice shall be substantially as set forth in the following form:
NOTICE OF GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION
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IN THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
TO BE HELD ON
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2017
PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION NO. R-17-0315
FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING THE OFFICES OF
MAYOR WHO IS TO BE ELECTED CITYWIDE,
AND THREE CITY COMMISSIONERS WHO ARE TO BE ELECTED
FROM SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS 3, 4, AND 5
A general municipal election will be held on Tuesday, November 7, 2017 from 7:00 A.M.
until 7:00 P.M. in the City of Miami, Florida, at the polling places in the several election precincts
designated by the Board of County Commissioners of Miami -Dade County, Florida, at which
election the qualified electors participating therein will vote for the following municipal officers:
Mayor who is to be elected citywide and three (3) District Commissioners who are to be elected
from single member Districts 3, 4, and 5. A run-off election, if required, is to be held on Tuesday,
November 21, 2017.
(b) The precinct clerks and inspectors to serve at said polling places on said dates shall
be those designated by the Supervisor of Elections of Miami -Dade County for such purpose in
accordance with the general laws of the State. The registration books and records for the
registration of persons qualified to vote in said elections shall be those maintained by the
Supervisor of Elections of Miami -Dade County.
(c) The official ballot shall be in substantially the following form:
Official General Municipal Election Ballot
November 7, 2017
Miami, Florida
City Wide
Mayor
Vote for 1
(Names of Candidates) (Position Number)
District Wide
Commissioner — District 3
Vote for 1
(Names of Candidates) (Position Number)
Commissioner — District 4
Vote for 1
(Names of Candidates) (Position Number)
Commissioner — District 5
Vote for 1
(Names of Candidates) (Position Number)
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(d) In the event a run-off election is required to be held on Tuesday, November 21, 2017,
the official ballot to be used at such run-off election shall be in substantially the same form as
above, except that the heading of the ballot shall be in substantially the following form:
Official Ballot Run -Off Election
November 21, 2017
Miami, Florida
(e) A run-off election will be held on Tuesday, November 21, 2017 from 7:00 A.M. until
7:00 P.M. in the City at the polling places set forth herein. The precinct clerks and inspectors at
said general municipal election shall be those designated by the Supervisor of Elections of
Miami -Dade County for such purpose. The registration books and records for the registration of
persons qualified to vote in said general municipal election shall be those maintained by the
Supervisor of Elections of Miami -Dade County.
Section 10. Todd B. Hannon, the City Clerk of the City, or his duly appointed successor,
is designated and appointed as the official representative of the City Commission in all
transactions with the Supervisor of Elections of Miami -Dade County in relation to matters
pertaining to the use of the registration books for the holding of the herein general municipal
election and the herein run-off election.
Section 11. The City Clerk shall cause to be prepared Vote -by -Mail ballots for the use of
electors who are unable or unwilling to go to the polls to vote and entitled to cast such ballots in
said elections.
Section 12. All qualified electors of the City shall be permitted to vote in said general
municipal election and the Supervisor of Elections of Miami -Dade County is requested,
authorized, and directed to furnish, at the cost and expense of the City, a list of all qualified
electors residing in the City as shown by the registration books and records of the Office of said
Supervisor of Elections and duly certify the same for delivery to and for use by the election
officials designated to serve at the respective polling places in said election precincts.
Section 13. The City Clerk is directed, upon the adoption of this Resolution, to transmit
a certified copy of this Resolution to the Miami -Dade County Supervisor of Elections.
Section 14. If any section, part of a section, paragraph, clause, phrase, or word of this
Resolution is declared invalid, the remaining provisions of this Resolution shall not be affected.
Section 15. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.'
' This is an administrative act that is not subject to Mayoral veto.
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APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
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Enactment Number: R-17-0315
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