Your cheat sheet to Miami's 4 voter referendums

How it works: Early voting begins Saturday and runs through Nov. 2. Check the city's website for hours and locations.

Referendum 1 requires the establishment of a Charter Review Commission to propose charter amendments.

Referendum 2 would allow city leaders to sell or lease certain public lands without voter approval.

• The question deals with the sale of non-waterfront land valued at over $500,000.
• Under the current rules, the city must call a voter referendum when it receives fewer than three bids for these types of properties.
• This question would eliminate the referendum requirement and let commissioners approve sales and leases with a four-fifths vote.

Referendum 3 would prohibit City Commission districts from being drawn "with the intent to favor or disfavor a candidate or incumbent."

• The referendum stems from a 2024 legal settlement involving a city voting map that a judge said had been drawn along racial lines, the Miami Herald reports.

Referendum 4 would create lifetime term limits for elected leaders.

• City leaders would be able to serve two four-year terms as mayor and two four-year terms as commissioner (16 total years in office).

• The current rules only prohibit serving more than two consecutive terms in either position. But an elected official can run for the same seat after sitting out a term, the Herald reports.
• If the new rules are approved, it's unclear how they would impact commission candidate Frank Carollo, who is running for a third term.

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Go deeper:

• Six candidates are vying to replace Francis Suarez as Miami's mayor. Get to know them here before you vote.
• Residents will also elect new commissioners for Districts 3 and 5. Learn more about the candidates here.