O-2020-3797 Amending Ordinance 2020-3787 to update the order of election

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Houston, TX 77251-1148 Phone: (713) 755-6965 Fax: (713)-755-4983 or(713)-437-8683 Email: BBM@cco.hctx.net who shall promptly provide them per the provisions of the Texas Election Code. The deadline to hand deliver an application for a ballot by mail (ABBM) is Monday, October 12, 2020. The last day for the early voting clerk to receive applications for a ballot to be voted by mail via mail, fax, common or contract carrier, or email, per the Election Code provisions of Sec. 84.007(c) is October 23, 2020. The early voting clerk's designated email address must be posted on the Secretary of State's website. If a voter submits an application for ballot by mail via fax or e-mail, the early voting clerk must receive an original or a copy with a wet signature via mail within four business days of the submission of the fax or email, per Election Code Sec. 84.007(c). All ABBMs submitted based on the applicant being over the ages of 65 or due to disability will remain valid for the November 3, 2020, election; ABBMs for voters who submitted ABBMs based on expected absence from the city regarding the May 2, 2020, election will not be valid for the November 3, 2020 election. The places at which Early Voting by personal appearance shall be conducted shall be designated by Harris County. During the lawful early voting period, which will be from October 13, 2020, through October 30, 2020, such Early Voting Clerk shall keep such locations for early voting open for early voting as required by the Texas Election Code, at a minimum. SECTION 9. The places at which Election Day voting by personal appearance shall be conducted shall be designated by Harris County. SECTION 10. Voting at said election, including early voting, shall be by the use of voting machines; and the ballots of said election shall conform to the Texas Election Code, as amended. Harris County, via the contract for election services/joint election agreement, is hereby authorized and directed to obtain, or cause to be obtained, the necessary electronic tabulating equipment, to arrange for the testing thereof as provided by law and to employ a duly qualified manager and a duly qualified tabulation supervisor to perform the duties respectively imposed on them by law with respect to the processing and tabulation of ballots at the Central Counting Station. SECTION 11. The City Secretary of the City of La Porte shall forthwith issue Notice of said election to be published one time in the Bay Area Observer, which is hereby found and declared to be a newspaper of general circulation in said City, not less than ten (10) days nor more than thirty (30) days prior to the date of the said election; in addition, Notice of said election shall be posted on the bulletin board in City Hall not later than the twenty-first (21St) day before election day and remain posted thorough election day. SECTION 12. The Mayor and/or the City Secretary of the City of La Porte are hereby authorized to execute and/or issue, for and on behalf of the City, such orders, documents, and forms as may, from time to time, be promulgated by the Secretary of State of the State of Texas in conjunction with the election herein ordained. 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 3