13231 RESOLUTION NO. 13231
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Miami
Beach, Florida, deems it to be in the best interest of the
citizens of the State of Florida, that 18 year old persons
be granted the right of suffrage, and franchise in Municipal
Elections, in the same and like manner as the Congress of the
United States has rendered and conferred said right to 18 year
olds in Federal Elections,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT DULY RESOLVED BY THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA:
That the Legislature of the State of Florida be and
it is hereby respectfully petitioned to enact, with all
reasonable speed, appropriate legislation, and/or to adopt an
appropriate Joint Resolution of the House and Senate, to amend
the State Constitution, to afford citizens of the State of
Florida, the opportunity to vote on a proposed Amendment to
the State Constitution authorizing and permitting 18 year old
persons to vote in the State, County and Municipal Elections;
and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that copies of this Resolution
be transmitted by the City Clerk to the Governor of the State
of Florida, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the
President of the Senate, and to each and every member of the
Dade County Delegation to the State Legislature.
The adoption of the foregoing Resolution was moved by
Mayor Jay Dermer.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 17th day of March, 1971.
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Mayor
Attest:
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City
City Clerk-Finance Director
OFFICE OF CITY ATTORNEY-1130 WASHINGTON AVENUE-MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA 33139