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3 An Ordinance relating to the year 2016 General Election of the Mayor and
4 City Connnissioners for Groups, II and III; scheduling the day, place and
5 time of the election; ~cheduling the day, place and time of early voting;
6 providing for qualification of candidates; providing for close of election
7 books; approving the official ballot; providing for notification.
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9 WHEREAS, Article V, Section 2A, of the City of South Miami Charter provides
10 that the City Commission of the City of South Miami shall schedule a general election for
11 February of each even year, and that the Mayor shall be elected for a term of two (2)
12 years and connnissioners shall be elected for terms of four (4) years at the general
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15 WHEREAS, Article V, Section 2D, of the City of South Miami Charter provides
16 that no person may appear on the Ballot for Election as Mayor or City Connnissioner if,
17 by the end of his or her current term of office, the person will have served (or, but for
18 resignation would have served) in office as the Mayor or as a City Commissioner for a
19 total of nine years or more; and
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21 WHEREAS, the Charter requires the City Connnission of the City of South Miami
22 to schedule the day, place and time of the general election by ordinance; and
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24 WHEREAS, state law requires election books to close twenty-nine (29) days prior
25 to the election.
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27 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
28 COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA:
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30 Section 1. The 2016 General Election will be held on Tuesday, February 9,
31 2016. On that date, a mayor will be elected to serve a term of two (2) years, and two (2)
32 Connnissioners, one from Group II and one from Group III, will be elected to serve a
33 term offour (4) years.
34 Section 2. The qualifying period for this election shall open Monday,
35 November 30,2015 at 9:00 a.m. and close Friday, December 4,2015, precisely at 5:00
36 p.m. Candidates shall qualify at the office of the City Clerk, 6130 Sunset Drive, South
37 Miami, Florida.
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39 Section 3. Voting shall be conducted at City Hall in the City Connnission
40· Chamber, 6130 Sunset Drive, South Miami, Florida. The polls shall open precisely at
41 7:00 a.m. and close precisely at 7:00 p.m.
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1 Section 4. The sample ballot for the 2016 general election is annexed to this
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Section 5. The election books shall close Monday, January 11, 2016.
Section 6. The City Clerk shall publish notice of such general election once a
week for four consecutive weeks next preceding the general election in a newspaper of
general circulation in South Miami. The notice shall contain the date, time, and place of
the general election and identity the Commission Groups.
Section 7. If any section, clause, sentence, or phrase of this ordinance is for any
reason held invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, the holding
shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance.
Section 8. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions
of this ordinance are repealed.
Section 9. This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon enactment.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this __ day of ____ , 2015.
ATTEST: APPROVED:
26 CITY CLERK MAYOR
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33 LANGUAGE, LEGALITY AND
34 EXECUTION THEREOF
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38 CITY ATTORNEY
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COMMISSION VOTE:
Mayor Stoddard:
Vice Mayor Harris:
Commissioner Liebman:
Commissioner Edmond:
Commissioner Welsh:
SAMPLE ONLY OFFICIAL SAMPLE BALLOT
BOLETA OFICIAL DE MUESTRA
GENERAL ELECTION
SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA
FEBRUARY 9,2016
ELECCIONES GENERALES
SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA
9 DE FEBRERO DEL 2016
TO VOTE, COMPLETELY FILL IN THE
OVAL'" NEXT TO YOUR CHOICE.
If you make a mistake, review the
instructions provided to correct your ballot.
PARA VOTAR, LLENE COMPLETAMENTE
EL OVALO'" JUNTO ASU SELECCI6N.
51 sa equivoca. lea. las instrucciones qua sa
Ie dan para correglr su bolata.
MAYOR
ALCALDE
(Vote for One)
(Vote par uno)
0 Candidate A XX
0 Candidate B XX
COMMISSIONER -GROUP II
COMISIONADO -GRUPO II
(Vote for One)
(Vote par uno)
o Candidate A XX
o Candidate B XX
COMMISSIONER -GROUP III
COMISIONADO -GRUPO III
(Vote for One)
(Vote par uno)
o Candidate A XX
o Candidate B XX