Legal Commentary

Shorter Miami-Dade Ballot Guide

By Professor University of Miami School of Law

Here's a quick summary of my recommendations for the lower part of Miami-Dade ballot — the non-partisan races that often don't get the attention they deserve:

Circuit Judges - Group 45: Samantha Ruiz Cohen

Circuit Judges: - Group 62: Robert Kuntz

County Judges - Group 7: Edward Newman

County Judges - Group 11: Flora Seff

School Board District 6: Dr. Kitchka Petrova

Charter Amendment Eliminating the Office of County Manager: NO

Home Rule Charter Amendment Authorizing County Commission to Abolish Municipalities of Twenty or Fewer Electors: YES

Home Rule Charter Amendment Relating to Franchises: NO

Explanations for these suggestions will be found in these five blog posts:

Part I: Introduction
Part II: Circuit Judges
Part III: County Judges
Part IV: School Board, District 6
Part V: Miami-Dade County Charter Amendments

Early and absentee voting in Miami-Dade is now open. Details on how to register and vote are in Part I of this series. I'll try to remember to re-run this post on election day, which is Tuesday, August 24th.

(Meanwhile, perhaps this summary will attract the South Florida Daily Blog?)

Full post as published by Discourse.net on August 16, 2010 (boomark / email).