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Miami election date change without voter approval ruled unconstitutional • Florida Phoenix
City of Miami Mayor Francis Suarez is shown on July 28, 2025, in Miami. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)The city of Miami’s proposal to delay its general municipal election scheduled for this November until next year without voter approval has been ruled unconstitutional by Florida’s Third District Court of Appeal. In its ruling Thursday, the court upheld a lower court’s ruling that the city had violated both its own charter and the Miami-Dade…
Miami election date change was unconstitutional, appellate court rules
MIAMI — The city of Miami’s decision to postpone the scheduled November 2025 election to 2026 without voter approval was unconstitutional, Florida’s Third District Court of Appeal has ruled, siding with a lower court. On Thursday, the ...
The Third District Court of Appeals upheld the decision of a Miami judge who considers it unconstitutional to change the date of the local elections in Miami by November 2026, as approved by the city’s commissioners. “We hold that the City cannot enact an ordinance that in effect amends its Organic Charter without subjecting the matter to the will and vote of its constituents by referendum, as required by both the Organic Charter of the City and…
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