Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3. Here is what is on the ballot and how to vote, using the county's sample ballot and master ballot. To see your exact ballot, use the county's voter information lookup.

Want a mail ballot? Today is the deadline

Requests must be received by 5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22, the county said this week. You can request one on the county's vote-by-mail page Return postage is prepaid. Questions go to the Elections Department at 305-499-VOTE (8683).

You can drop off a mail ballot at a secure ballot intake station at any early voting site during voting hours. On Election Day, you can drop it off until 7 p.m. at the Elections Department, 2700 NW 87th Ave. in Doral, or at the Stephen P. Clark Government Center lobby, 111 NW 1st St. in downtown Miami. Precinct polling places do not accept mail ballots.

Early voting

Any registered Miami-Dade voter can use any of the 28 sites. They include Miami Beach City Hall, 1700 Convention Center Drive; the Coral Gables Branch Library, 3443 Segovia St.; the Historic Garage, 3250 S. Miami Ave.; and the Lemon City Branch Library, 430 NE 61st St. See our full early voting site list.

Three state amendments

  • Amendment 1 would let the state keep up to 25% of general revenue in its rainy-day fund, up from 10%.
  • Amendment 2 would exempt equipment and other personal property kept on farmland and used for farming or agritourism from property taxes.
  • Amendment 3 would raise the homestead exemption on non-school property taxes to $150,000 in 2027 and $250,000 in 2028, and cut the yearly cap on assessment increases for non-homestead property from 10% to 5%. Read our Amendment 3 explainer.

Each amendment needs 60% of the vote to pass.

Six county charter questions

  • A five-member salary commission would set county commissioners' pay.
  • Commission candidates would need to live in their district for one year, up from six months.
  • Special elections to fill vacancies could be timed with other elections.
  • The charter would be updated for the elected sheriff, tax collector, property appraiser and supervisor of elections.
  • Technical changes would clean up the charter's wording.
  • Parks could sell more types of advertising, with the money kept for parks.

School tax question

Voters will decide whether to renew Miami-Dade County Public Schools' existing 1-mill property tax for teacher pay and school safety from July 1, 2027, to June 30, 2031.

City questions

City of Miami voters will see three questions: $450 million in bonds for police and fire buildings, a permanent bond oversight committee, and a lease of 27.62 acres on Virginia Key for the Rickenbacker and Marine Stadium marinas. See our Virginia Key marina explainer and the city's ballot.

Miami Beach voters will decide whether to add two 20-year extension options to the lease of city land at 1691 Michigan Ave., The deal would also allow 47,000 square feet of new development above the existing garage and raise the percentage rent paid to the city from 2.5% to 3%.

Coral Gables has four questions, including a four-year term for mayor and a 60% voter approval rule for selling or leasing city parks for 10 years or more.

Races on the ballot include U.S. Senate, governor and other statewide offices, Congress and the Legislature.