Orlando, Fla. — Election season continues in Central Florida as Ocoee and Maitland residents went to the polls to make their voices heard. Tuesday's election comes after the year's first round of municipal elections last week.

In Maitland, there's an election for City Council seat 4 between Lindsay Hall Harrison and Dale McDonald. Additionally, residents decided to approve or deny five city charter amendments.

• Amendment 1 outlines a plan for mayoral succession, should the post be vacant. It calls for the vice mayor to serve the remainder of the mayor's term. This amendment passed with 62% of the vote.


• Amendment 2 would eliminate a prior rule that made the Maitland City Code available to the public in various public places, or available for purchase. Instead, the proposal includes language that would require a printed copy of the code to be available only in the City Clerk's office.      This amendment passed with 79% of the vote.


• Amendment 3 would include rules to facilitate local run-off elections. The last two proposals would "clarify" the petition certifying process and remove all gendered references in the City Charter with more neutral references respectively. This amendment was rejected with 63% of residents voting against the proposal. 

• Amendment 4 would change the way a candidate for office would qualify, submit their candidacy, and be sworn into office. This amendment passed with 73% of the vote. 

• Amendment 5 would remove gendered language in the city charter and replace them with neutral references. This amendment passed with 53% of the vote.

Residents of Ocoee went to the polls to decide the city's mayor. There were two challengers to incumbent Rusty Johnson. Chris Adkins, who hasn't held a public office before, and George Oliver III, who was the city's first Black elected candidate to win a City Commission seat. If elected, he would have been Ocoee's first Black mayor, as reported by our news partner, Orlando Sentinel.

Johnson handly won reelection to his post with 61% of the vote. 

Also in Ocoee, voters decided two city commission seats. Hope Bellamy and Scott Kennedy were in the running for District 1, and Shante Munns hoped to unseat Richard Firstner in District 3. 

On Tuesday, voters chose Scott Kennedy with 63% of the vote in his race, and Richard Firstner, who earned 76% of the vote in his race for Ocoee's Commission district races.