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<br />2012 BALLOT ISSUES DEADLINES <br /> <br />Should a municipality wish to conduct their regularly scheduled or a special election along with the countywide <br />elections listed below, in order to allow sufficient time for ballot preparation and to meet State-mandated <br />deadlines to mail absentee ballots to overseas voters, the deadlines listed below must be followed. <br /> <br />Note that per F.S. 100.151, "...the governing authority of a municipality shall not call any svecial election until <br />notice is given to the supervisor of elections and his consent obtained as to a date... " Once approval is obtained <br />from the supervisor of elections, the resolution and/or ordinance to call a Special Election must be passed to <br />meet the deadlines listed below. <br /> <br /> DEADLINE TO SUBMIT <br />2012 RESOLUTION AND/OR <br />SCHEDULED DEADLINE FOR ORDINANCE TO THE <br />COUNTYWIDE CANDIDATE QUALIFYING SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS <br />TO END FOR CHARTER <br />ELECTIONS AMENDMENTS OR ANY <br /> OTHER QUESTIONS <br />PRESIDENTIAL No later than No later than <br />PREFERENCE PRIMARY Tuesday, November 8, 2011* Tuesday, November 8, 2011* <br />January 31, 2012* <br /> No later than <br />PRIMARY ELECTION Friday, June 8, 2012 No later than <br />August 14, 2012 (Same as Federal, State, and Friday, May 25, 2012 <br /> County offices) <br />GENERAL ELECTION No later than No later than <br />November 6, 2012 Friday, August 17,2012 Tuesday, July 24, 2012 <br /> <br />Should you have any questions or need additional information, please contact Zeida Reyes, Elections <br />Coordination Manager, at 305-499-8405 or e-mail at zeidar@miamidade.gov. <br /> <br />*The daters) may change subject to a decision by the Presidential Preference Primary Date Selection <br />Committee no later than 10/1/11. <br /> <br />ZR:7-21-ll <br />