The Coral Gables library is always one of the top performing polling places during early voting — as well as on Election Day — and, so, attracts lots of candidates and their supporters to urge voters to punch their number on the ballot. And sometimes it can get fun.
Remember when Mayra Joli, running for Gables city commissioner in 2021, had her salsa music booming as she danced on the sidewalk? Well, until the police were called.
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GOP candidates, gym equipment get thumbs up
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Let’s thank the Miami Foundation for having and recording a series of forums this month with candidates for several races on the August 20 ballot — and posting them on their website for all voters to see. We are lucky that they think it’s important. It is part of the Vote Miami awareness initiative to increase voter participation, after a 47% turnout in the 2022 election.
They stressed that the forums, which are about an hour long each, were not debates — which is too bad. Ladra misses real debates. But we have to applaud the use of the mute button when the candidates’ time was up. Wish we could do that to sitting electeds.
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Deberíamos haberlo sospechado.
Parece que Frank Artiles está detrás del trasplante de Tampa que han plantado en la contienda para el Distrito 115 de la Cámara de Representantes de la Florida contra el veterano capitán de bomberos y ex presidente del sindicato de los bomberos de Miami-Dade, Omar Blanco.
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As the primary for the constitutional offices nears its closing, former State Rep. JC Planas, an attorney running for Miami-Dade Supervisor of Elections, has gotten the endorsement of four mayors from Miami-Dade municipalities.
The Planas campaign announced this week endorsements from South Miami Mayor Javier Fernandez, Bay Harbor Mayor Joshua Fuller, North Bay Village Mayor Brent Latham and Aventura Mayor Howard Weinberg, who each cited Planas’ experience as an elections attorney and his commitment to ensure election integrity as the main reasons for their support.
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There is still time to request an absentee/mail-in ballot
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