RESOLUTION CALLING A COUNTYWIDE SPECIAL ELECTION

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

This document is a legislative 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 adopted version is referenced as Legislative File Number 261380. The resolution was forwarded to the Board of County Commissioners with a favorable recommendation as corrected on 7/13/2026 and 7/14/2026. A scrivener's error was corrected on 7/9/2026, replacing 'Resolution No. R-255-24' with 'Resolution No. R-225-24' in the first Whereas clause. The resolution references Resolution No. R-225-24, approved on March 19, 2024, which created a Charter Review Task Force. The Charter Review Task Force, by a vote of seven in favor and one against, recommends the amendment. The ballot question is: '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, ballot form, early voting, vote-by-mail ballots, sample ballots, and canvassing by the County Canvassing Board. No specific project, site, address, parcel, acreage, or dollar amount is stated.