Deerfield Beach: two-year residency for mayor and commissioner candidates
Deerfield Beach city · November 3, 2026
The question on your ballot
The City Charter requires candidates for Mayor to have resided continuously in the City, and candidates for Commissioner to have resided continuously in their qualifying District, for six months immediately before qualifying. Shall the Charter be amended to instead require two years of continuous residency in the City immediately before qualifying for candidates for Mayor, and two years of continuous residency in the qualifying District for Commissioner candidates, except where non-residency results solely from redistricting?
In plain language
A VoterDecoder summary of the official measure text.
Deerfield Beach voters are asked whether to lengthen the residency rule for city candidates. The charter currently requires six months of continuous residency before qualifying. The change would require two years of continuous residency in the city for mayor candidates, and two years in the qualifying district for commissioner candidates. Non-residency that results solely from redistricting would be excepted. A YES vote adopts the two-year rule. A NO vote keeps the six-month requirement.
Official ballot arguments
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