O-1969-821 - call Charter amendment election

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~ .', '",-~' . . ~. e e Ordinance No. 821 "P ~ge 8. Section, ,4., Absentee voti~g by personal appearance shall b~gin on the '20th day and shall continue thro~gh the 4th day precedi~g the day of the elec,tion. Absentee voti~g shall be conducted by the City Clerk ,at the same place as pr.ovided in Section 2 hereo';E. .voti~g machines shall be used for the casti~g of absentee votes at such election. The City Clerk shall not permit anyone to vote absentee by personal appearance on any day which is not a 'r~gular worki~g day for the Clerk's office, or at any time when the Clerk's, office is not open to the publ,ic. The City :Clerk of the Ci ~y of La Porte is hereby autho~ized apd directed to appoint deputy absentee balloti~g clerks as necessary. Section. 5. Immed~ately after the close of the polls on the 23rd day of A~gustr ,1969, ,the election officials shall make due return thereof to the City Commission of the City of La Po,rte, and the City Conunission shall canvass said returns at the earliest practicable .time, ,and shall, immediately after canvassi~g the returns, declare the results of the election. Each such proposed amendment, if approved by the majority of the qualifie~ voters voti~g in said election, shall become a part of the Charter of said City. No amendment shall be considered adopted until an official order has. been entered upon the records of said City by the City Commission, ,declari~g the same adopted. Section 6. Said election shall be held in accordance with the provisions'of the City Charter of the City of La Porte, and the, general election laws of the State of Texas governi~g ,general and municipal elections, so far as the same may be applicable thereto. Only duly qualified resident electors of the City ofL~ Porte, Harris County, Texas, shall be qualified to vote at such election. Sectio'n -7., V<?ti~g machines shall be used at said election, ,and the ballots for said election shall have written or printed thereon the followi~g: