North Miami Beach

The mayor of North Miami Beach, meanwhile, was arrested this month for allegedly voting illegally.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended North Miami Beach Mayor Anthony DeFillipo II on Monday after the mayor was arrested on felony charges related to voting irregularities.

Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle said Mr. DeFillipo, a Democrat, cast ballots in August, October and November 2022 in elections for a North Miami Beach district in which he was not legally qualified to vote.

“The mayor has explained over and over again, and under oath, he always intended to and always lived in North Miami Beach,” Mr. Pizzi told Florida’s Voice.

North Miami Beach Mayor Anthony DeFillipo was booked into the Miami-Dade jail on three felony counts of voting in a district where he didn’t live.