Local Chapter

Miami-dade County

Florida • Anti-Federalist Party

The founders intended for power to reside here — in the communities of Miami-dade County, not in distant capitals. This is where the work happens.

Our Mission in Miami-dade County

We believe that the most effective governance happens closest to the people. The Miami-dade County chapter works to ensure every resident has direct access to their government, meaningful agency over their future, and the ability to hold all power — public, corporate, and algorithmic — accountable.

Strategic Priorities

Local Action Plan

Civic Auditing Boards

Organize independent oversight of local government spending and decision-making to ensure transparency.

Anti-Federalist Candidates

Recruit and support candidates for sheriff, commissioner, school board, and city council who uphold our principles.

Data Sovereignty Ordinances

Push for county-level protections ensuring residents own their digital data and algorithmic transparency is enforced.

Community Broadband

Establish public broadband infrastructure as a utility, ensuring universal internet access regardless of income.

Local Footprint

Municipal Chapters

Explore the Anti-Federalist movement in the specific cities and towns of Miami-dade County.

Hialeah

Homestead

Key Biscayne

Miami

Miami Beach

North Miami Beach

Ochopee

Opa Locka

From the Anti-Federalist Archive

Letters from the Federal Farmer No. 3

Federal Farmer (Richard Henry Lee) • 1787-10-20

October 10th, 1787.Dear Sir,The great object of a free people must be so to form their government and laws, and so to administer them, as to create a confidence in, and respect for the laws; and thereby induce the sensible and virtuous part of the community to declare in favor of the laws, and to support them without an expensive military force. I wish, though I confess I have not much hope, that this may be the case with the laws of congress under the new constitution. I am fully convinced that we must organize the national government on different principals, and make the parts of it more efficient, and secure in it more effectually the different interests in the community; or else leave in the state governments some powers propose[d] to be lodged in it — at least till such an organizatio…

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“The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them.”

— Patrick Henry

Join The Vanguard

Get Involved in Miami-dade County

We are actively recruiting leaders and candidates. Every role matters.

Chapter Leader

Organize monthly meetings, coordinate with state-level leadership, and recruit local members.

Policy Drafter

Research and draft county-level policy proposals aligned with Anti-Federalist principles.

Community Organizer

Build coalitions with local organizations, plan public events, and drive voter registration.

Run for Office

We support Anti-Federalist candidates at every level — from school board to county commission.

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