LTC 244-2011 Deadline to Plate Items on the Presidential Primary Election ea MIAMI BEACH
OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
NO. LTC # 244 -2011 ; LETTER TO COMMISSION
TO: Mayor Matti Herrera Bower and Members of the City, Commission
FROM: Jorge M. Gonzalez, City Manager
DATE: October 3, 2011
SUBJECT: DEADLINE DATES TO PLACE AN ITEM(S) ON THE:
JANUARY 31, 2012, PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE PRIMARY,
AUGUST 14, 2012, PRIMARY ELECTION, AND
NOVEMBER 6, 2012, GENERAL ELECTION
The attached information was provided by the Miami -Dade County Elections Department.
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C: Hilda Fernandez, Assistant City Manager
Jorge Gomez, Assistant City Manager
Dolores Mejia, Special Projects Administrator
Patricia Walker, Chief Financial Officer
Kathie Brooks, Director of Budget and Performance Improvements
Jose Smith, City Attorney
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2012 BALLOT ISSUES DEADLINES
Should a municipality wish to conduct their regularly scheduled or a special election along with the countywide
elections listed below, in order to allow sufficient time for ballot preparation and to meet State- mandated
deadlines to mail absentee ballots to overseas voters, the deadlines listed below must be followed.
Note that per F.S. 100.151, "... the governing authority of a municipality shall not call any special election until
notice is given to the supervisor of elections and his consent obtained as to a date... " Once approval is obtained
from the supervisor of elections, the resolution and/or ordinance to call a Special Election must be passed to
meet the deadlines listed below.
DEADLINE TO SUBMIT
2012 RESOLUTION AND /OR
SCHEDULED DEADLINE FOR ORDINANCE TO THE
COUNTYWIDE CANDIDATE QUALIFYING SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS
TO END FOR CHARTER
ELECTIONS AMENDMENTS OR ANY
OTHER QUESTIONS
PRESIDENTIAL No later than No later than
PREFERENCE PRIMARY Tuesday, November 8, 2011 Tuesday, November 8, 2011
January 31, 2012
No later than
PRIMARY ELECTION Friday, June 8, 2012 No later than
August 14, 2012 (Same as Federal, State, and Friday, May 25, 2012
County offices)
GENERAL ELECTION No later than No later than
November 6, 2012 Friday, August 17, 2012 Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Should you have any questions or need additional information, please contact Zeida Reyes, Elections
Coordination Manager, at 305- 499 -8405 or e-mail at zeidar @miamidade.gov.
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