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HEALTH CARE SERVICES, SUCH AS HEART AND CANCER SCREENINGS, FOR COUNTY RESIDENTS, FUNDED BY SURTAX

Broward County, Florida

My vote power

High

Election date

November 3, 2026

How do we calculate my vote power?

What goes into the rating for ballot measures: Representation: how much weight one vote carries here compared with a statewide vote — the smaller the district, the more each vote counts. You have more power in ballot measures because you vote directly on the policy.

Representation: Above average · 61 out of 100

This district is a good deal smaller than its state, so each vote here carries more weight than a vote in a statewide race. About 1,977,129 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 ÷ 1,977,129) ÷ ln(50,000) = 61.22, measured against a statewide vote in FL (grades: 66+ high, 55+ above average, 33+ average, otherwise low; a statewide race is the 50 baseline)

Above average representation + a direct vote on the policy → My vote power: High.

Ballot Measure

Supports: Environment and Public Health, Healthcare Affordability

Broward County would charge a 0.25% sales tax—25 cents per $100 of taxable purchases—for five years. It would fund uninsured preventive heart and cancer tests for qualified residents; primary and preventive care for indigent or medically poor residents; and other services in the county health care plan. The tax would end early if the county levies a 1% infrastructure surtax.

More about this measure

A YES vote means

Broward County would collect the 0.25% sales tax for up to five years and fund the listed health services.

A NO vote means

Broward County would not collect this 0.25% sales tax or receive its revenue for the listed health services.

Source: broward.org