Everyone’s talking about the August and November elections, but there’s an important local election on May 22: the race for the District 5 county commission seat.

The district, which is drawn in a kinda weird way, covers Little Havana, Downtown Miami, South Beach and most of Mid and North Beach. Here’s where you can find your nearest early voting spots and see a sample ballot.

We’ve got answers to a couple of the FAQs below. Checkout the whole primer here and stay tuned for Q&As with all the candidates ahead of the start of early voting on May 12.

HOW’D WE GET HERE?

The short answer: Commissioner Bruno Barreiro created a vacancy when he stepped down from his seat in order to run for the congressional seat being vacated by U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen.

The longer answer: Barreiro stepped down because of a change in Florida law that forced him to resign in order to run. Several state and local politicians had to decide whether to give up their current office to run for the seat.

The county commission could have  appointed a replacement, but instead it opted for an election. Now every voter in District 5 will have a say.

WHEN IS ELECTION DAY?

May 22. Early voting starts May 12.

WHO ARE THE CANDIDATES?

Zoraida Barreiro, Alex Diaz de la Portilla, Carlos Garin and Eileen Higgins. We’ll have much more info on them soon, but here’s some background from the Miami Herald.

WHAT AREA DOES THE DISTRICT COVER?

It covers parts of the cities of Miami and Miami Beach, plus Fisher Island.

In Miami it covers: Downtown, Brickell Key, the northeast chunk of Brickell, The Roads, Shenandoah, Grapeland and Little Havana.

In Miami Beach it covers all of the city from South Pointe up to 69th Street, plus Hibiscus, Palm and Star Islands.

Not sure you’re in the district? Check this map.

HELP US HELP YOU

We’ll be interviewing all the candidates this week. Let us know what you want to know about them and their positions. Just hit reply to this newsletter or hit us up at [email protected] by 5 p.m. today.

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THAT’S ALL FOR TODAY.

If you’re looking for a little #MusicMonday inspo, check out this list of 15 essential Miami songs, including 2 Live Crew, Miami Sound Machine, The Doors and more. Or you could just watch/listen to Childish Gamboni’s “This is America” again and again. Not that we did that yesterday.