O-2018-3691 Ordering the May 5, 2018, General Election

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Section 9. Each candidate for the office of Mayor must be a resident qualified voter of the City for 12 months immediately preceding election day. Each candidate for the office of District Councilperson 2 and District Councilperson 3 must be a resident qualified voter of the City for 12 months immediately preceding election day and must also be a resident of the district for which he or she files. Section 10. The deadline for a candidate to make application to have his/her name appear upon the ballot for such election, is hereby designated and established as 5:00 o'clock P.M., Friday, February 16, 2018. No application shall be accepted for filing prior to Wednesday, January 17, 2018. Section 11. Said election shall be held in accordance with the provisions of the City Charter of the City of La Porte, Texas and the general election laws of the State of Texas governing general and municipal elections, so far as same may be applicable thereto. Section 12. Immediately after said election, the officers holding the same shall make and deliver the returns of the results thereof and the accompanying records for use in the official canvass to the City Council of the City of La Porte, Texas; and the City Council shall canvass said returns at a Special Meeting set by the City Council; and shall, immediately after canvassing the returns, declare the results of the election. The Mayor shall immediately thereafter deliver a certificate of election to the candidate for whom the majority of votes have been polled for each respective office. Section 13. Each and every provision, paragraph, sentence and clause of this Ordinance has been separately considered and passed by the City Council of the City of La Porte, Texas, and each said provision would have been separately passed without any other provision; and if any provision hereof shall be ineffective, invalid or unconstitutional, for any cause, it shall not impair or affect the remaining portion, or any part thereof, but the valid portion shall be in force just as if it had been passed alone. 14