May 2011
Miami-Dade County Upcoming Elections
A special election will be held on May 24, 2011, with a Special Run-Off, if no single candidate gets more than 50.1% of the vote, on June 28, 2011, to fill the vacancies in the Office of
Mayor and Board of County Commissioners, Districts 7 and 13, and for the purpose of submitting to the qualified electors in Miami-Dade County, for their approval or disapproval of six proposals. The polls shall be open from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. on election day. Early voting began on May 9. Click here to view a list of early voting locations.
Click here to view a list of all voting locations.
Click here to view a sample ballot for the special election.
Additionally, there are a number of other upcoming elections. The May schedule of elections is as follows:
Date Election
05/17/2011 North Miami Beach Run-Off Election (Registration Closing - Apr. 18)
05/24/2011 Miami-Dade County Special Election (Registration Closing - Apr. 25)
05/24/2011 North Miami Run-Off Election (Registration Closing - Apr. 25)
05/24/2011 Special Primary Election – State House of Representatives, District
110(Registration Closing - Apr. 25)
05/24/2011 Sunny Isles Beach Special Election (Registration Closing - Apr. 25)
05/31/2011 North Miami Run-Off Election (Registration Closing - May. 2)

News & Resources about the Miami-Dade County Special Election
Miami-Dade County Division of Elections
Mayoral Candidates
Wilbur 'Short Stop' Bell wilburbell@comcast.net 786-210-8801 roosevelt.bradley@hotmail.com 305-335-1469 Roosevelt Bradley
Luther 'Luke' Campbell
Jose 'Pepe' Cancio
Jahaira@Lukeholdings.com
N/A
404-877-2323
305-262-3250
Carlos Gimenez
Farid Khavari
Jeffrey Lampert cag.carlosgimenez@gmail.com 305-733-4097 faridkhavari@bellsouth.net
N/A
786-286-6697
Eddie Lewis
Marcelo Llorente
Gabrielle Redfern edlewis99@att.net mllorente@bm.law.com gabrielleredfern@gmail.com
305-812-8516
305-445-0777
305-790-5461
Julio Robaina raiza.robaina@gmail.com 305 968-2387
Candidates participate in first official Miami-Dade mayoral debate
Candidates for the mayor of Miami-Dade County participated in a debate. Senior political reporter and
columnist Michael Putney moderated the event. It was an amiable debate with little disagreement on the issues. Click here to view this April 27, 2011 piece from
.
Miami-Dade mayoral candidates make their case
The candidates for Miami-Dade mayor debated at the University of Miami as the election rapidly approaches. Click here to view this May 4, 2011 article in
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The candidates for Miami-Dade County mayor and the issues
This piece examines the positions of the 11 candidates running for mayor of Miami-Dade
County on key issues and demonstrates some commonalties, including opposition to any property-tax rate increases. Click here to view this May 8, 2011 article in
.
Miami-Dade charter reform: Is something better than nothing?
Miami-Dade County’s proposed charter amendments are getting limited praise. As early voting began May 9 to choose Miami-Dade County’s next mayor, the ballot for the May 24 special election also includes a half-dozen charter amendments. Click here to view this May 9, 2011 article from
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