Overview

Important Dates and Deadlines

The City of Miami's next General Municipal Election is scheduled for November 7, 2023 for the following Offices:

• Commissioner District 1
• Commissioner District 2
• Commissioner District 4

2022 Campaign Reports - Calendar of Reporting Dates for Candidates, Political Committees and Electioneering Communication Organizations 

Monthly Reports: Per Sections 106.07(1) and 106.0703(1)(a), Florida Statutes, Campaign Treasurer's Reports shall be filed on the 10th day following the end of a calendar month, except that if the 10th day following the end of a calendar month occurs on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the report shall be filed on the next following day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday.        
                                                                                                            
2022 Campaign Reporting Calendar (PDF, 181KB)     

Campaign Treasurer's Reports:  

Each campaign treasurer designated by a candidate, Political Committee (PC), or Electioneering Communication Organizations (ECO) shall file Campaign Treasurer’s Reports of all contributions received, and all expenditures made, by or on behalf of such candidate. Campaign Treasurer’s Reports shall be filed on or before the due dates listed above.

Campaign Treasurer’s Reports shall be filed with the Office of the City Clerk.  Campaign Treasurer’s Reports shall be filed through the City’s electronic filing system using the Online Reporting Application.  To access the application, the candidate, PC or ECO must first obtain a login ID and password from the Office of the City Clerk.  Online submissions of Campaign Treasurer’s Reports must be received no later than midnight (Eastern Standard Time) on the day designated per Section 106.0705 (3), Florida Statutes.  .  Any candidate, PC or ECO failing to electronically file a Campaign Treasurer’s Report on the designated due date shall be subject to a fine for each late day as provided in Section 106.07 (8)(b) and 106.0703(7), Florida Statutes.  Such fine shall be paid only from personal funds of the candidate.

In any reporting period during which a candidate, PC or ECO has not received any contributions or expended any reportable funds, a candidate, PC or ECO must electronically file a Waiver of Report, Form DS-DE 87, on or before the due dates listed above with the Office of the City Clerk. 

Office Accounts Reporting Dates For 2022

Office Account Quarterly Reports:

2022 Office Account Quarterly Calendar(PDF, 167KB) 
Reports shall be filed on the 10th day following the end of a calendar quarter following the 90-day termination report until the office account is closed. [F.S. 106.141(5) and 106.141(9)] 

Office Account (s) Reports: 

Quarterly Office Account Reports shall be filed with the Office of the City Clerk using the following forms:

•Form DS-DE 48: Office Account Report, and;
•Form DS-DE 48A: Office Account Disbursement or Deposit Information. 

Upon leaving office, any person who has funds in an office account shall give such funds to:
     •A charitable organization or organizations that meet the requirements of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code; or,
     •In the case of a state officer, to the state to be deposited in the General Revenue Fund; or,
     •In the case of an officer of a political subdivision, to the political subdivision to be deposited in the general fund thereof. 

Such Report(s) shall be signed by the candidate and certified as true and correct and filed with the Office of the City Clerk. Report(s) shall be filed no later than 5 p.m. of the day designated; however, any report postmarked by the United States Postal Service no later than midnight of the day designated is deemed to have been filed in a timely manner.