The recall effort against Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava is officially moving forward after the Miami-Dade Clerk of Court and Comptroller approved the recall petition on Wednesday.
Miami-Dade Supervisor of Elections Alina Garcia confirmed in a social media post that she has also certified the county’s voter rolls, confirming the number of signatures required.
Organizers now have 120 days to collect signatures from 4% of the 1.64 million registered voters in the county for the recall election to take place.
In a statement Thursday, Levine Cava called the recall effort “frivolous and politically-motivated.”
“Miami-Dade residents from every corner of our community have overwhelmingly entrusted me as their mayor to lead and deliver results, and that’s exactly what I will continue to do,” her statement read. “This political sideshow will not distract from the work we’re focused on every day: creating a future-ready Miami-Dade that is safer, more affordable, and more resilient. Our residents expect a mayor who shows up, works hard, and delivers. That is where my full attention remains.”
Levine Cava, 70, was first elected in 2020 and won re-election in 2024 with nearly 58% of the vote.
But critics who are organizing the recall effort have complaints about the job the mayor is doing.
“The potholes, every day they get bigger,” Mercy Perez, one of the organizers, told NBC6 last month. “The floods, the airport, the animal shelter, teachers need help, too; it’s very sad what is going on in Miami.”
A similar recall election in Miami-Dade back in 2011 was successful, with voters booting Carlos Alvarez out of the mayor’s office in part over his supporting the hundreds of millions in tax dollars to pay for the construction of the Marlins ballpark.
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