2011 Miami-Dade County mayoral recall election

2011 Miami-Dade County mayoral recall election

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Shall Carlos Álvarez be recalled from the office of Mayor?
Results
Choice
Votes %
Yes 183,652 88.10%
No 24,796 11.90%
Valid votes 208,448 99.59%
Invalid or blank votes 864 0.41%
Total votes 209,312 100.00%
Registered voters/turnout 1,212,205 17.27%

Mayor before election

Carlos Álvarez
Republican

Mayor after election

Vacant

The 2011 Miami-Dade County mayoral recall election was a recall election that saw the voters of Miami-Dade County, Florida vote to remove mayor of Miami-Dade County Carlos Álvarez from office.

The election was held coincidingly with a vote that also saw Miami-Dade county commissioner Natacha Seihjas also successfully recalled.[1]

In terms of population, the county was considered the largest United States municipality to recall its executive.[2][3] The county was also, at the time, the second-largest recall vote of any kind in the United States, after the 2003 California gubernatorial recall election.[4]

Months after the vote, a special election was held to fill the vacant mayoralty.[5]

  1. ^ "Carlos Alvarez and Natacha Seijas recall, Miami-Dade County, Florida (2011)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
  2. ^ "As recall wave builds, Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez first to go", Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, March 16, 2011
  3. ^ Hart, Jerry. "Miami-Dade Voters Oust Mayor Alvarez in Largest Municipal Recall". www.bloomberg.com. Bloomberg News. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
  4. ^ Rabin, Charles; Pinzur, Matthew (August 28, 2008), "Mayor wins, but discord detected", The Miami Herald, pp. B1
  5. ^ DeFede, Jim (April 12, 2011). "Nearly A Dozen People Sign Up For Dade's Mayoral Race". miami.cbslocal.com. CBS Miami (WFOR-TV).

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