Elections & Voting

Although the Village Clerk organizes and oversees all elections taking place within the Village of Key Biscayne, the Miami-Dade County Elections Department is in charge of  registering voters, printing ballots, providing voting equipment and monitors, and tallying voting results. These and other County Elections responsibilities are detailed here.

Visit the Miami-Dade County Elections How to Register webpage for instructions on how to register in person or obtain an online Voter Registration Form.

An overview of requirements for candidates who would like to run for Village Mayor of Councilmember is given below. The Village Clerk will provide updated qualifying information prior to the next election cycle.

• Any citizen who is a qualified elector and a resident of the Village of Key Biscayne, Florida, for at least one (1) year preceding the date of filing may be a candidate for the office of Village Council.
  
  
• The dates of elections and terms of office of Councilmembers (including the Mayor) are defined in Article V, Elections of the Village of Key Biscayne Charter.
  
  Section 2.03. Election and term of office
  
           (a) Each Council Member shall be elected at-large for a four (4) year term by the electors
                of the Village in the manner provided in Article V of this Charter. The Mayor shall be
                elected for a two (2) year term.
  
           (b) No person shall serve as Mayor for more than two (2) consecutive elected terms,
                and no person may serve on the Council, or as any combination of Mayor and
                Council Member, for more than eight (8) consecutive years.
  
  Section 5.01. Elections.
  
           (a) Election date. A primary election for the office of Mayor shall be held in each even-
                numbered year in conjunction with the countywide State Primary Election. A regular
                election for Mayor and Council positions shall be held in November of each even-
                numbered year, on the same day U.S. congressional elections are held, or if none
                are held in any year, on the first Tuesday following the first Monday of November
                of that year. Notwithstanding any contrary provisions of the section, the Village
                Council may, by ordinance enacted pursuant to Section 100.3605(2), Florida
                Statutes, or independent of such statutory basis by virtue of the enabling authority
                provided in this subsection (c), from time to time, change the dates for conducting
                mayoral primary, and all regular and special elections for the election of the Mayor
                and/or Village Council and provide for the orderly transition of office resulting from
                such date changes.
  
               Primary elections. There shall be no primary election for Mayor if no more than two
               (2) candidates qualify to run for the office of Mayor.