• Media who wish to be present at Headquarters for visual purposes will have access to the Department’s media room at 2700 NW 87th Avenue in Doral throughout the day. The media room will have a limited number of computers available for journalists to use. Only the Elections Department website and results page are accessible. Also available, are a limited number of phone lines, as well as a public wi-fi network.

• Media parking will be available on the south side of the facility, and the adjacent media entrance will be staffed. Please bring credentials for entry.

• Television stations that wish to do live shots from the media room may do so. Miami-Dade TV personnel will be present to assist engineers with the mult boxes that allow them to patch from the outside of the building into the media room. The media room has a clear glass wall with a view of the tabulation room.

• Election results will be available on Miami-Dade TV (check local cable listings) and at www.miamidade.gov/elections. Both sources will always have the most up-to-date information available.  Results will be posted beginning at 7:15 p.m. and will be updated approximately every 20 minutes thereafter. The first report will be the absentee ballot results, followed by Early Voting results and then precinct results as they are reported.

• If you are planning to visit precincts during voting hours, media are not permitted inside the polling room while voting is underway. Video and/or photographs of inside the polling place can only be taken from the doorway as long as it does not interfere with the voting process. Interviews with voters, campaigners, candidates, etc. can only be conducted outside of the 100 foot boundary line from the polling location per state law.

The Elections Department will attempt to accommodate all media requests to the extent possible. Please contact Marie Bertot at 786.218.4682 or Owen Torres 305.877.8203 with any requests.