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Miami-Dade County, Florida, County Referendum 2, County Appointed Officials Charter Amendment (November 2018)

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County Referendum 2: Miami-Dade County Appointed Officials Charter Amendment
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The basics
Election date:
November 6, 2018
Status:
Approveda Approved
Topic:
Local charter amendment
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Miami-Dade County, Florida

A charter amendment was on the ballot for voters in Miami-Dade County, Florida, on November 6, 2018. It was approved.

A yes vote was a vote in favor of amending the county charter to require a leave of absence or resignation of county appointed officials who qualify as candidates only for select county elected offices, not all county elected offices.
A no vote was a vote against amending the county charter to require a leave of absence or resignation of county appointed officials who qualify as candidates only for select county elected offices, not all county elected offices.

Election results

Miami-Dade County County Referendum 2

Result Votes Percentage

Approved Yes

394,131 55.96%
No 310,174 44.04%
Results are officially certified.
Source

Text of measure

Ballot question

The ballot question was as follows:[1]

“

The Charter currently requires that County appointed officials or employees qualifying to run for federal, state or municipal elective office take a leave of absence and, if elected, immediately forfeit their County position. Shall the Charter be amended to limit this restriction to only apply to County officials and employees who qualify as a candidate for certain County elected offices?[2]

”

Full text

The full text of the measure is available here.

Path to the ballot

See also: Laws governing local ballot measures in Florida

This measure was put on the ballot through a successful referendum petition campaign.

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ MiamiDade.gov, "Sample Ballot," accessed October 25, 2018
  2. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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