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SECTION 5. The positions of Mayor, Councilperson-District 2, and Councilperson-District 3 shall
<br />each be elected and installed with the candidate that receives a majority vote of all the votes cast for
<br />the office for which he or she is a candidate and shall hold office for a period of three (3) years.
<br />SECTION 6. Each candidate for the office of Mayor must be a resident qualified voter of the City
<br />for twelve (12) months immediately preceding election day. Each candidate for the office of
<br />Councilperson-District 2 and Councilperson-District 3 must be a resident qualified voter of the City
<br />for twelve (12) months immediately preceding election day and must also be a resident of the district
<br />for which he or she files for twelve (12) months immediately preceding election day, in accordance
<br />with Section 2.02(a) of the City Charter.
<br />SECTION 7. Lee Woodward, City Secretary, is appointed as the Early Voting Clerk, and Sharon
<br />Harris, Deputy City Secretary, is appointed as the Deputy Early Voting Clerk, for joint early voting
<br />in person and voting by mail, and the City of La Porte City Hall, City Council Chamber, 604 West
<br />Fairmont Parkway, La Porte, Texas, 77571, is hereby designated as the Main Early Voting Location
<br />for early voting for the election.
<br />Applications for ballot by mail shall be mailed, faxed, emailed, or delivered by common or contract
<br />carrier to:
<br />Lee Woodward, City Secretary
<br />City of La Porte
<br />604 West Fairmont Parkway
<br />LaPorte, Texas 77571
<br />Phone: 281-470-5021 Fax: 281-842-3701 Email: CitySecretary@LaPorteTX.gov
<br />who shall promptly provide them per the provisions of the Texas Election Code. The deadline to hand deliver
<br />an application for a ballot by mail (ABBM) is Friday, April 16, 2021. The last day for the early voting clerk
<br />to receive applications for a ballot to be voted by mail via mail, fax, common or contract carrier, or email,
<br />per the Election Code provisions of Sec. 84.007(c) is Tuesday, April 20, 2021. If a voter submits an
<br />application for ballot by mail via fax or email, the early voting clerk must receive an original or a copy with
<br />a wet signature via mail within four business days of the submission of the fax or email, in accordance with
<br />Election Code Sec. 84.007(c).
<br />The places at which Early Voting by personal appearance shall be conducted are designated as the
<br />La Porte City Hall, 604 West Fairmont Parkway, La Porte, Texas, (main early voting polling place),
<br />and the Instructional Technology Center (ITC Building), 9832 Spencer Highway, LaPorte, Texas,
<br />(branch early voting polling place).
<br />During the lawful early voting period, such Early Voting Clerk shall keep such locations for early
<br />voting open for early voting from 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., beginning Monday, April 19, 2021, and
<br />continuing through Tuesday, April, 27, 2021, with the exception of Tuesday, April 20, 2021, and
<br />Tuesday, April 27, 2021, in which case early voting hours shall be from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
<br />SECTION 8. Voting at said election, including early voting, shall be by the use of voting machines;
<br />and the ballots of said election shall conform to the Texas Election Code, as amended. The City
<br />Secretary is hereby authorized and directed to obtain, or cause to be obtained, the necessary electronic
<br />tabulating equipment, to arrange for the testing thereof as provided by law and to employ a duly
<br />qualified manager and a duly qualified tabulation supervisor to perform the duties respectively
<br />imposed on them by law with respect to the processing and tabulation of ballots at the Central
<br />Counting Station.
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