LTC 302-2016 Certification of Signed Petitions Submitted by "Save Miami Beach 2016" MIAMI BEACH
OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK
LTC No.: 302-2016 LETTER TO COMMISSION
TO: Mayor Philip Levine and Members of the City Commission
FROM: Rafael E. Granado, City Clerk
CC: Raul J. Aguila, City Attorney
Jimmy L. Morales, City Manager
Daniel Ciraldo, Chairperson Save Miami Beach 2016
DATE: July 18, 2016
SUBJECT:Certification Of Signed Petitions Submitted By"Save Miami Beach 2016,"a Political Committee,
Petitioning The City Commission To Submit To The Electors Of Miami Beach An Amendment To
Section 1.03 Of The Miami Beach City Charter.
Pursuant to Section 7.04 of the Miami Beach City Charter and Section 6.03(A) of the Code of Miami-Dade
County, on July 5, 2016, the City Clerk transmitted the original signed petitions submitted by "Save Miami
Beach 2016," a Political Committee, to the Miami-Dade County Elections Department to determine if the
petitions had been signed by ten percent (10%) of the qualified electors of the City of Miami Beach.
According to the Miami-Dade County Elections Department, as of November 3, 2015, the City of Miami
Beach had 44,576 registered voters, thus requiring the signatures of 4,458 qualified electors to call for an
election to amend the City Charter.'
The Miami-Dade County Elections Department has completed the comparison of signatures on the
submitted petitions against signatures on the voter rolls for the City of Miami Beach, and has determined
that out of the total 4,812 signatures submitted, 2,300 are certified as matching the signatures on the voter
rolls of the City of Miami Beach. A copy of the Certification is attached hereto.
Accordingly, the City Clerk will formally present to the City Commission at the July 20, 2016
Presentations/Commission Meeting the attached Elections Department Certificate evidencing that the
subject initiative petition does not contain the requisite amount of signatures.
If you have any questions, please contact me at Extension 6451.
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The benchmark date for the Supervisor to make the calculation regarding signature sufficiency is
November 3, 2015, which is the date of the City's last General Election - this date conforms to Florida
Statute Section 166.031, which reads"...The governing body of a municipality may ... by petition signed by
10 percent of the registered electors as of the last preceding municipal general election, submit to the
electors of said municipality a proposed amendment to its charter...".As indicated by the Official Results of
the November 3, 2015 General Election, the number of Registered Voters on that day was 44,576. Thus,
4,458 valid signatures are necessary.
MI AM Elections
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July 18, 2016
Rafael E. Granado
City Clerk
City of Miami Beach
1700 Convention Center Drive
Miami Beach, FL 33139
Dear Mr. Granado:
The Miami-Dade Elections Department has completed the verification of Batch 1 of the
petitions submitted by Save Miami Beach 2016, a political committee to amend Section
1.03 of the City Charter. A total of 4,812 petitions were reviewed for verification; of
which 2,300 were certified.
As such, please find the certification for the petition enclosed. Should you have any
questions or concerns, please feel free to contact Michelle McClain, Deputy Supervisor
of Elections for Voter Services at 305-499-8302.
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Chri ma White
Supervisor of Elections
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CERTIFICATION
Batch # 1
STATE OF FLORIDA)
COUNTY OF MIAMI-DADE)
I, Christina White, Supervisor of Elections of Miami-Dade County, Florida, do hereby
certify that 2,300 signatures submitted by Save Miami Beach 2016 to amend Section
1.03 the Charter in the City of Miami Beach matched the signatures on the voter files.
WITNESS MY HAND
AND OFFICIAL SEAL,
AT MIAMI, MIAMI-DADE
COUNTY, FLORIDA,
ON THIS 18th DAY OF
JULY, 2016
Christina White
Supervisor of Elections