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Pembroke Pines leaders direct staff to draft measure to move city elections to November
Summary
Vice Mayor Hernandez and supporters argued shifting municipal elections from March to November would raise turnout and save the city election costs; commissioners directed the city attorney to draft ordinance and ballot language and asked the supervisor of elections to brief the commission on April 15.
Pembroke Pines commissioners on March 21 directed the city attorney to draft an ordinance and ballot question to move the city’s municipal elections from March to November and to return with legal and timing details on April 15.
Vice Mayor Hernandez led the push, saying low turnout in recent March races and the per-voter cost of special municipal elections justified the change. He told the commission that his November race drew “about 21,000” votes compared with 2,815 in a recent March contest and warned the…
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