Ord. 1981-1292 - call LPAWA election

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. . . Ordinance No. 1292 , Page 9. . Absentee voting by mail shall begin on the 20th day pre- ceding the date of the election and shall continue unil ten o'clock A.M. on the second day preceding election day. Absentee voting shall be conducted by a clerk for absentee voting, namely, Lou Lawler , and the place at which the absentee voting shall be conducted is designated as the La Porte City Hall, 604 West Fairmont parkway, La porte, Texas, to which address ballot applications and ballots voted by mail may be mailed. Said clerk shall keep said office open for absentee voting during his regular working hours and in any event for at least eight (8) hours on each day which is not a Saturday or Sunday, or an official State holiday. . Section 6. That all election materials including notice of the election, ballots, instruction cards, affidavits and other forms which voters may be required to sign and all absentee voting materials shall be printed in both English and Spanish, or Spanish translations thereof shall be made available in the circumstances permitted and in the manner required by law. Section 7. The City Secretary of the City of La Porte shall forthwith issue Notice of said election by causing a sub- stantial copy of this Ordinance to be published two consecutive weeks in the BAYSHORE SUN, which is hereby found and declared to be a newspaper of general circulation in said City, the first of such publications shall be not less than fourteen (14) days prior to the date of the said election. . Section 8. The question shall be submitted for the vote of the qualified electors as follows: FOR the creation of the La Porte Area Water Authority. AGAINST the creation of the La Porte Area Water Authority.