Absentee and early voting figures released by the Miami-Dade elections department show muted interest from voters, even before the wet weekend weather likely scared would-be voters from the polls. In Homestead, only 886 people out of 19,728 registered voters had cast ballots as of Friday.

Though the pace of ballots cast has been far greater in Hialeah, consultant Amandi noted even the county mayor’s race in June drew less than 20 percent of voters to the polls.

“When turnout is low, there hasn’t really been an issue, a perspective, that has captured the imagination of the electorate,” said Amandi, who is not involved in Tuesday’s races.

In addition to the more high-profile mayoral contests, Tuesday’s ballots feature a slew of city council and commission showdowns. Several will be resolved without requiring a runoff.

In Miami, Commissioner Wifredo “Willy” Gort is opposed by political novice Shawn Selleck, a community development consultant. In Miami Beach, Commissioner Deede Weithorn is in the reelection hunt against real-estate agent Maria Meruelo. In Homestead, Alejandro Andrickson, a restoration contractor, faces elementary school assistant principal Patricia Fairclough-McCormick in a race for an open seat.

Also in Homestead, voters will choose a new vice-mayor between two candidates who have already secured city council seats: incumbent Vice Mayor Judy Waldman and Council member Jon Burgess.

Only one Hialeah race will likely be definitely decided Tuesday: the Group 4 contest between incumbent Council President Isis Garcia-Martinez and former Council member Cindy Miel.

The other four contests could spill over to a runoff because they feature three or more candidates:

• For Group 1, an open seat: retired electronics technician Fernando Alvarez, healthcare coordinator Lourdes Lozano, former Council member Alex Morales and fire-equipment company owner Jesus Novo;

• For Group 2: incumbent Council member Jose Caragol, former mayor Julio Martinez and utilities manager Ramiro Sicre;

• For Group 3: incumbent Council member Vivian Casals-Muñoz, former police officer Danny Bolaños and gun-shop owner Tony Vega, and

• For Group 5: incumbent Paul “Pablito” Hernandez, retired city employee Daisy Castellanos and former Sweetwater mayoral chief of staff Frank Lago.

Finally, in Miami, Commissioner Marc Sarnoff faces four rivals: retired Florida Power & Light employee Williams Armbrister, healthcare consultant Kate Callahan, builder Donna Milo and attorney Michelle Niemeyer.

Miami Herald staff writers David Smiley, Charles Rabin and Christina Veiga contributed to this report.