MIAMI – General elections will be held on Tuesday, November 7.
Offices on the ballot will include Federal Offices (U.S. Senator (1) and Representatives in Congress; Statewide Offices (Governor and Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Chief Financial Officer, Commissioner of Agriculture); State Senators (even-numbered districts); State Representative (all districts); County Offices (School Board – Nonpartisan; and Circuit and County Court judges.
Residents of Tri-county areas of Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beaches – over the age of 18 –are eligible to register and vote.
DEADLINE IS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2006, 5p.m.
To be eligible to vote, a Voters Registration Application Form must be delivered or mailed to the county’s election’s department or any official agency by 5 p.m. Tuesday. If mailed, the form must be postmarked no later than Tuesday.
Local government impacts the daily life of every city resident regardless of their race, religion, national origin, or partisan affiliation. Political decisions are made with or without a citizen’s participation.
Residents, including those of Caribbean-American descent, have a choice to be involved in these important decisions. The first action in this decision-making process is registering to vote and later exercising that right on the day of the election.
Visit, www.socadvote.com,or local Elections Office for Miami-Dade County at,(www.elections.miamidade.gov); Broward County, (www.browardsoe.org); or Palm Beach County, (www.pbcelections.org) for additional information and forms.
Residents also can get a form and register at any driver’s license bureau, public library, state public assistance agency, agencies that assist the disabled or Armed Forces recruiting office.
For a review of the Primary Elections and Races, listen to NewsTalk 1080 AM, or on-line at www.wtps1080am.com for Caribbean Riddims with Eddy Edwards, D’ Peoples’ Politics with Attorney Marlon Hill, Saturdays, 4:05 p.m., and Caribbean Crossroads at 6pm, with Attorney Marlon Hill.
