Miami mayoral candidates want election’s year delay on referendum

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MIAMI – Michael Hepburn and Emilio Gonzalez are among the Miami mayoral candidates who were protesting the election’s 12-month delay.

City commissioners precocious passed a question 3-2 to postpone the mayoral predetermination from Nov. 4 to Nov. 3, 2026. Commissioners Joe Carollo and Miguel Angel Gabela were the dissenting votes.

“It needs to spell to a referendum; that’s what this is each about,” said Gonzalez, a erstwhile metropolis manager.

Florida’s Attorney General James Uthmeier said changing the city’s mayoral predetermination from adjacent years to uneven years was unconstitutional.

Scott Galvin, a erstwhile North Miami councilman, liked that the alteration aligns with authorities and national elections since this means a higher turnout and little costs.

“In the end, it’s worthy it for your constituents,” Galvin precocious told commissioners.

Alina Garcia, the Miami-Dade County supervisor of elections, agreed with Galvin and she had a connection for the opponents.

“That’s adjacent a larger crushed to spell retired and vote,” Garcia said.

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