Traditional Low Voter Turnout 26.89% in Coral Gables

Coral Gables General Biennial Election Election Date: 4/13/2021 (Website last updated at: 04/16/2021 11:50:46 am)

Registered Voters: 36,016

Ballots Cast: 10,406 Voter Turnout: 28.89%

Precincts Reporting: 24 / 24 Election Day: Completely Reported Early Votes: Completely Reported Vote By Mail: Completely

Reported Results are Official.

Summary Results – Election Night Reporting

Voter suppression runs rampant in the City of Coral Gables.

Humorously, the City of Coral Gables website claims that a turnout of 10,000 of36,000 register voters is great achievement.

Coral Gables Candidates Debate TONIGHT–Webinar Registration – Zoom

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Topic Coral Gables Neighbors Association Coral Gables Election Runoff Candidates Debate Description Here more from the shortened field of candidates about their plans for addressing the issues facing our community, and serving the needs of “City Beautiful” residents.

Candidates and Races to be Highlighted at Debate City Commission, Group II (7 p.m.) Rhonda Anderson Jose Valdes-Fauli City Commission, Group III (8 p.m.) Javier Banos Kirk Menendez Candidate Debate Ground Rules •

Please make sure you are in a well-lit, quiet space, where you get strong internet signals/service to assure you’re best represented at the event. • Plan on arriving early to the virtual meeting, the debate will start promptly at 7 p.m. •

Meeting Hosts, Moderators/Speakers, and Candidate early virtual check-in for testing your connection and taking a group photo will be available beginning at 6:50 p.m. •

Candidate questioning will be undertaken in several different formats: traditional questioning from our moderator (Mr. Kellner), round-robin questioning from host/sponsor organizations, and lightning-round questioning from CGNA president Susan Kawalerski (yes or no responses only) •

Candidates in the Group III questioning block will be asked to leave the meeting at the start until the start of their questioning period at 8 p.m. (you can stay in our virtual waiting room or sign back in at 8 p.m.) •

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No cross talk, talking over each other, and/or cross questioning is allowed unless authorized by the moderators/questioners Time Apr 21, 2021 07:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada) *

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Voting Late, Voting Little in Coral Gables

Coral Gables voters will start getting vote-by-mail or absentee ballots for the runoff election beginning on Tuesday, one week before Election Day. Miami-Dade Elections Deputy Supervisor Suzy Trutie said that 13,082 ballots were mailed to voters on Monday. That provides very little turn around time if someone wants to return it that way. And anybody who waits until after the debate Wednesday could really be taking a chance their ballot doesn’t arrive in time.

Absentee ballots go out with little time to mail them back in Coral Gables – Political Cortadito

Voting is Zealously Discouraged by the City of Coral Gables

Scheduling off-year elections in affect suppresses voter participation and the wider expression of views on important policy and development issues in Coral Gables.

The election issues today are, especially, the extent of overdevelopment, its density, increasing traffic, zoning code changes, annual budgeting and management, the implementation of public security, paying for unfunded pensions…

The overwhelming power of large campaign contributors on a narrow voter base and over residents affected by city policies, limits the valid, fair participation of candidates who advocate change.

Also, because of the election date there are really very few debate and information events for the candidates and the general public (with coronavirus limitations). Paying for TV ads, mail flyers and minimal resident visits are costly.

City commissioners have had multiple opportunities to move the city election date to November to coincide with state and federal elections. Therefore, commissioners themselves are responsible for suppressing the vote to their own favor and reelection and the strong monied interests.

The presence of a feisty opposition critical of commission decisions has been revealed in 2020 and 2021 by the mayor’s then frequent and highly criticized practice of cutting off and insulting residents who spoke against the commission.

This same mayor led a charter review committee a few years back that refused to move the election date.