Qualification by Petition - Candidates 2017
City of Miami Beach
1700 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, Florida 33139,
Office of the City Clerk
Rafael E. Granado
Tel: 305--673-7411
Email: RafaelGranado@miamibeachfl.gov
www.miamibeachfl.gov
TO: Candidates for Mayor and Commissioners
FROM: Rafael E. Granado, City Clerk
DATE: July 7, 2017
RE: Qualifying By Petition – 2017 Candidates
Pursuant to Section 6.03 of the City of Miami Beach Charter, a copy of which is attached hereto,
candidates desiring to qualify for the November 2017 General Election by petition, in lieu of
paying the Municipal Qualifying Fee, shall file a petition approving their candidacy signed by no
less than two percent (2%) of the qualified and registered voters in the City as the same shall be
sixty (60) days prior to the first day of qualifying as a candidate for office.
As of July 7, 2017, sixty (60) days prior to September 5, 2017, the first day of qualifying as a
candidate for office, the Miami-Dade County Elections Department reports that there are 46,693
qualified and registered voters in the City of Miami Beach. Hence, the number of signatures
from qualified and registered City voters necessary to qualify by petition is 934.
Please note that such petition must be submitted and filed with the City Clerk no later than
noon on Tuesday, August 22, 2017, the 14th day prior to the first day of qualifying as a
candidate.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at 305.673.7411.
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M I A M I•DADE
COUNTY
CERTIFICATION
STATE OF FLORIDA)
COUNTY OF MIAMI -DADE)
Elections
2700 NW 87th Avenue
Miami, Florida 33172
T 305 - 499 -8683 F 305 - 499 -8547
TTY: 305 - 499 -8480
miamidade.gov
I, Christina White, Supervisor of Elections of Miami -Dade County, Florida, do hereby
certify that the total number of Active Voters in the City of Miami Beach as of
July 7, 2017, 12:01 p.m. is 46,693.
-7 Christina White
Supervisor of Elections
WITNESS MY HAND
AND OFFICIAL SEAL,
AT MIAMI, MIAMI -DADE
COUNTY, FLORIDA,
ON THIS 7th DAY OF
JULY, 2017
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Sec. 6.03. - Qualifying.
The City Commission shall cause to be placed on the ballot to be used in the general
election the name of any qualified elector of the City residing within the City at least one year
prior qualifying and who, within the four (4) consecutive days immediately following the first
Monday of September prior to said general election, shall have paid to the City Clerk of the City
of Miami Beach the sum equal to seven and one-half percent (7½%) of the annual salary of the
office to which he/she seeks election as a qualifying fee and shall have been photographed and
fingerprinted by the identification bureau of the Police Department of the City, unless such
person shall file with the City Clerk no later than noon of the 14th day prior to the first day of
qualifying as a candidate for such office, a petition approving his candidacy signed by sufficient
qualified and registered voters to constitute not less than two percent (2%) of this number of
such voters as the same shall be on the date sixty (60) days prior to the first day of qualifying as
a candidate for office, in the event the Miami-Dade County Elections Department has not issued
its certificate verifying the required number of valid signatures on the subject qualifying petition
by 5:00 p.m. on the second day of the City's four-day qualifying period, the City's 7½%
qualifying fee shall be waived by the City in the event the subject candidate should otherwise
qualify for office pursuant to this Charter section. All candidates qualifying for office shall have
taken, signed and subscribed to an oath or affirmation in writing in which he/she shall state (1)
the title of the office for which he/she is a candidate; (2) that he/she is a qualified elector of the
City of Miami Beach, Florida, and has resided in the City at least one year prior to qualifying; (3)
his/her legal residence, by street and number; (4) that he/she is qualified under the ordinances
(including Miami Beach City Code Chapter 38 governing "Elections") and Charter of the City of
Miami Beach, Florida, to hold the office for which he/she is a candidate.
Such oath or affirmation shall be substantially in the following form:
STATE OF FLORIDA )
SS:
COUNTY OF DADE )
Before me, an officer authorized to administer oaths, personally appeared to me well known
who, being sworn, says that he/she is a candidate for the office of City Commissioner (Group
No. ____________ (or Mayor) for the City of Miami Beach, Florida; that he/she is a qualified
elector of said City residing within the City at least one year before qualifying for City of Miami
Beach elected office; that his/her legal residence is: ____________ , Miami Beach, Dade
County, Florida; that he/she is qualified under the ordinances (including Miami Beach City Code
Chapter 38 governing "Elections") and Charter of said City to hold such office; and that he/she
has paid the required qualification fee.
/s/
Signature of Candidate
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Sworn to and subscribed before me this ____________ day of ____________ A.D., 20
____________ .
/s/
Authorized Officer
The City Commission shall, by ordinance, prescribe the manner of holding general and
special elections not inconsistent with the provisions hereof, and shall, by ordinance or
resolution, prescribe polling places in the various voting precincts in the City.
(Res. No. 2003-25290, 7-30-03; Res. No. 2003-25391, 7-30-03; Res. No. 2012-27964, 7-18-12,
passed by voters 11-6-12; Res. No. 2012-27965, 7-18-12, passed by voters 11-6-12)