Lauderdale-by-the-Sea: clarify forfeiture of office standards
Lauderdale-by-the-Sea town · November 3, 2026
The question on your ballot
Shall the Town Charter be amended to clarify standards for forfeiture of office of Commission members by tying qualifications to existing Charter provisions, requiring ethics-based removal to be determined under state law by the Florida Commission on Ethics, requiring incapacity determinations to be supported by medical certification or court order, allowing absences to be excused by majority vote, and excusing the Commission from voting on removals already mandated by other governmental authorities?
In plain language
A VoterDecoder summary of the official measure text.
This measure would revise the standards for forfeiture of office for town commissioners and the Mayor-Commissioner. It would tie qualifications to existing charter provisions. It would have the Florida Commission on Ethics decide ethics-based removals under state law. It would require medical certification or a court order for incapacity, and let a majority vote excuse absences. A YES vote adopts these standards, while a NO vote keeps the current ones.
Official ballot arguments
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Opponents say
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