RESOLUTION CALLING A COUNTYWIDE SPECIAL ELECTION

Board of County Commissioners · 2026-07-21 · resolution

The document is a legislative item for a resolution calling a countywide special election in Miami-Dade County, Florida, to be held in conjunction with the General Election on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, for the purpose of submitting to the electors the question of whether to amend the Home Rule Charter to revise the process for calling an election to fill commission vacancies and establish minimum standards for municipal qualifying dates. The resolution was introduced on 6/26/2026, amended on 7/21/2026, and the final version as adopted is Legislative File Number 261380. The Prime Sponsor is Danielle Cohen Higgins. The Charter Review Task Force recommended the referendum by a vote of seven in favor and one against. The ballot question asks: 'Shall the Charter be amended to allow the Board to align the timing of special elections to fill vacancies in the offices of Mayor or County Commissioner with other scheduled elections when such vacancies are caused by resignations to run for other offices, and to establish minimum standards for municipal candidate qualifying periods?' The resolution includes provisions for notice publication, majority vote determination, polls open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., early voting, vote-by-mail ballots, sample ballots, and canvassing by the County Canvassing Board. A scrivener's error was corrected on Page MDC003, replacing 'Resolution No. R-255-24' with 'Resolution No. R-225-24.'