Primary voting information: Ballots are out and deadline to register looms

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Primary voting information: Ballots are out and deadline to register looms
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It’s on.

Absentee or mail-in ballots for the March 19 presidential primary were mailed out Feb. 8 to the voters already on file requesting one. Early voting starts March 4 and ends March 17.

The deadline to request a vote-by-mail ballot is 5 p.m. on the twelfth day before the election, so that’s March 7. A postmarked vote-by-mail ballot request is not valid. It must be in the elections department by 5 p.m. March 7. There are a few ways to request a ballot:

Next Tuesday, Feb. 20, is the deadline to register and/or change political party affiliation in time to participate in the primary. But voters are encouraged not to wait ’til the last minute. Registration and changes can be made in one of the following ways:

  • Online at https://registertovoteflorida.gov/home 
  • In person or by mail, if it is postmarked by February 20th:
    • Elections Department Main Office, 2700 NW 87 Avenue, Miami, FL 33172, which will remain open on Tuesday, February 20th from 8 a.m. – Midnight
    • Elections Department Branch Office, Stephen P. Clark Center Lobby, 111 NW 1 Street, Miami, FL 33128 will be open on Monday from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Voters can check their current voter registration status, view their customized sample ballot, and confirm their current Election Day voting location using the Voter Information tool.

Florida is a closed primary State, which means that only Republican voters can vote in the Republican primary. There is no Democratic primary because the party has provided only one candidate, the current President Joe Biden. So, Dems you can stay home. Republicans can stay home, too, since Donald Trump is going to win the nomination no matter what.

Well, unless you live in South Miami or Surfside, where there are municipal elections open to all voters, regardless of party affiliation.

In South Miami, there is a ballot question on whether or not to allow for leases of government properties to be longer than 50 years. It is tied to the proposed redevelopment of South Miami City Hall. And it is getting a little pushback (more on that later).

In Surfside, voters are electing a mayor and four commissioners out of 11 candidates. Incumbent Mayor Shlomo Danzinger has been challenged by former Mayor Charles Burkett, so that sounds like it could get interesting.

For more information, or to review the March 19th Presidential Preference Primary Election Sample Ballot, visit www.miamidade.gov/elections or call 311.

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