Charter Amendment to Move the City Elections from Odd-Numbered to Even-Numbered Years
Miami city, Florida
My vote power
High
Election date
August 18, 2026
How do we calculate my vote power?
What goes into the rating: Representation: how much weight one vote carries here compared with a statewide vote — the smaller the district, the more each vote counts. Decisiveness: how likely this race is to be close, based on past results or current analyst ratings, plus the number of candidates.
Representation: High · 67 out of 100
This district is a small slice of its state, so each vote here carries much more weight than a vote in a statewide race. About 459,745 people live here.
Show the representation math
score = 50 + 50 × ln(state population ÷ this district's) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50 + 50 × ln(22,416,077 ÷ 459,745) ÷ ln(50,000) = 67.96, measured against a statewide vote in FL (grades: 66+ high, 33+ normal, otherwise low; a statewide race is the 50 baseline)
High representation → My vote power: High.
Ballot Measure
Moves Miami's regular city elections onto even-year election calendars starting in the 2030s. Commissioners in Districts 1, 2, and 4 would next transition from the 2031 election to 2034, while the mayor and commissioners in Districts 3 and 5 would transition from the 2033 election to 2036; each cycle would then repeat every four years. Officials elected in 2031 or 2033 would serve three-year terms that count for term-limit purposes, after which terms return to four years. General elections would remain in November and runoffs in December, but candidate qualification deadlines would be aligned with the Miami-Dade Supervisor of Elections starting in 2034, and charter language for filling vacancies would be conformed to the new cycle. The amendment would take effect immediately upon voter approval and contains no tax, rate, spending amount, or dedicated funding source.
A YES vote means
Miami would begin moving its mayoral and commission elections from odd years to even years in 2034 and 2036 so general elections coincide with statewide or countywide elections. Officials elected during the 2031 and 2033 transition would serve three-year terms, candidate filing deadlines would change beginning in 2034, and vacancy-election language would follow the revised calendar.
A NO vote means
Miami's charter would keep its current odd-year schedule for regular mayoral and commission elections and runoffs. The 2031 and 2033 winners would retain the charter's ordinary four-year terms, and the existing candidate-qualification and vacancy-election timing language would remain unchanged.
Sources: miami.gov · miamidade.gov
Source: miamdade.gov