A charter amendment on the special election ballot, which would prohibit commissioners from lobbying the county for two years after leaving office, is still too close to call, elections officials said Thursday.
As it stands now, only 151 more people - 86,817 yays versus 86,666 nays - think the ban is a good idea.
That slim margin is enough to trigger a manual recount, the first countywide hand count since the 2000 presidential elections, said Miami-Dade Supervisor of Elections spokeswoman Christina White.
Although there are about 200 provisional and absentee ballots still left to be certified and tabulated, the number of outstanding ballots won't be enough to decide a clear winner.
In order for there to be a winning side without a recount, the margin of victory must be above one-half of a percent. The current margin is less than a tenth of a percent.
A canvassing board will meet Friday morning to approve any provisional ballots.
A recount is scheduled for Tuesday morning. It's unclear when the count would be over, but White said she expected it would take no more than two days.
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On Tuesday, voters shot down five other efforts by the County Commission to bring reform to the dais. Voters nixed an idea to raise commissioners' salaries, turned down 12-year term limits and rejected an idea to strip the mayor position of its powers.
Voters also whittled the field of 11 candidates for county mayor down to Julio Robaina and Carlos Gimenez. A runoff in that race is scheduled for June 28.
