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<br />MIAMI..ADE <br />tmmD <br /> <br />Elections <br />2700 NW 87th Avenue <br />Miami, Florida 33172 <br />T 305-499-VOTE F 305-499-8547 <br />TTY: 305-499-8480 <br /> <br />miamidade.gov <br /> <br />March 19, 2009 <br /> <br />Jane A. Hines, Village Clerk <br />City of Sunny Isles Beach <br />18070 Collins Avenue <br />Sunny Isles Beach, FL 33160 <br /> <br />Dear Ms. Hines: <br /> <br />In planning for the 2010 election cycle, the Miami-Dade County Elections Department is <br />requesting that your municipality modify the dates for candidate qualifying. With the transition to <br />a paper-based voting system, the state deadlines for several election processes have been <br />moved up. For instance, per Florida Statutes 1 01.62(4)(a), absentee ballots must be mailed to <br />overseas voters 45 days before a general election. For the November 2, 2010 Sunny Isles <br />Beach General Election, absentee ballots to overseas voters would have to be mailed to later <br />than September 18, 2010. <br /> <br />The qualifying dates for the 2010 General Election are currently scheduled to end on <br />September 3, 2010. Unfortunately, this date will not give the Department sufficient time to <br />prepare, print, and mail absentee ballots to overseas voters by the statutory deadlines. Given <br />these constraints, it is imperative that the Elections Department receives all resolutions, <br />candidate loyalty oaths, and any other documentation necessary to prepare the 2010 General <br />Election ballot by August 20, 2010. It is respectfully requested that your board consider <br />moving your qualifying dates, so that qualifying ends by our August 20,2010 deadline. <br /> <br />Your prompt reply to this request is greatly appreciated. Should you have any questions or <br />concerns, please contact me at 305-499-8509 or Rosy Pastrana, Deputy Supervisor of <br />Elections, Operations at 305-499-8548. <br /> <br />Sincerely, <br /> <br />~~d- <br /> <br />Chief Deputy Supervisor of Elections <br />Miami-Dade Elections Department <br /> <br />C: Lester Sola, Supervisor of Elections <br />Rosy Pastrana, Deputy Supervisor of Elections, Operations <br />Zeida Reyes, Elections Coordination Manager <br />