Early voting is underway in Miami Beach, where voters are choosing a Mayor and three city Commissioners in an election that could reshape the city’s governance and relationship with Tallahassee.

At stake on Nov. 4 are four of the seven seats on the dais — a potential governing majority — in a city confronting turbulence on multiple fronts: state scrutiny over finances, charges that a local ordinance conflicts with Florida’s homelessness law, the removal of cultural landmarks due to their so-called “woke” significance and accusations of pay-for-play policymaking that benefits developers.

Amid the tension, residents are weighing how the city should balance order, affordability and its international image.

All commission seats are elected at-large, meaning every voter can weigh in on eac

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