Just a week after Miami Beach Commissioner Laura Dominguez accused him in court of being ineligible to challenge her because he doesn’t meet the city’s residency requirement, first-time candidate Robert Novo is out of the race.

A Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge ordered Novo removed from the ballot in the upcoming Miami Beach election after he chose not to fight Dominguez’s claim that he hasn’t lived in the city for the one year required of candidates seeking local office.

“Robert Novo III has testified in open court that he is a resident of the City of Miami Beach in accordance with the City of Miami Beach Charter but does NOT contest the allegations in the Complaint and Motion,” Judge Jason Dimitris wrote in his order.

As such, Dimitris continued, Novo “consents to the entry o

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