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SECTION 6. Each candidate for the office of Councilperson-District 1 must be a resident qualified
<br /> voter of the City for twelve (12) months immediately preceding election day and must also be a
<br /> resident of District 1 for twelve(12)months immediately preceding election day, in accordance with
<br /> 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 LPISD's ITC Building, 9832 Spencer Highway, La Porte,
<br /> Texas, 77571, is hereby designated as the Main Early Voting Location for early voting for the
<br /> 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 /> La Porte,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
<br /> hand deliver an application for a ballot by mail(ABBM)is Friday,July 16,2021 (EC 84.008).The
<br /> last day for the early voting clerk to receive applications for a ballot to be voted by mail via mail,
<br /> fax, common or contract carrier, or email, per the Election Code provisions of Sec. 84.007(c) is
<br /> Tuesday, July 20, 2021. If a voter submits an application for ballot by mail via fax or email, the
<br /> early voting clerk must receive an original or a copy with a wet signature via mail within four
<br /> business days of the submission of the fax or email, in accordance with Election Code Sec.
<br /> 84.007(c).
<br /> The place at which Early Voting by personal appearance shall be conducted is designated as the
<br /> LPISD's ITC Building,9832 Spencer Highway, La Porte, 77571,(main early voting polling place).
<br /> During the lawful early voting period, such Early Voting Clerk shall keep such location for early
<br /> voting open for early voting from 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., beginning Monday, July 19, 2021, and
<br /> continuing through Tuesday, July 27, 2021, with the exception of Tuesday, July 20, 2021, and
<br /> Tuesday,July 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.
<br /> SECTION 9. The City Secretary of the City of La Porte shall issue notice of said election to be
<br /> published one time in the Bay Area Observer,which is hereby found and declared to be a newspaper
<br /> of general circulation in said City, not less than ten(10)days nor more than thirty(30)days prior to
<br /> the date of the said election; in addition, notice of said election shall be posted on the bulletin board
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