O-2022-3862 Ordering a Special Election to be held on the 7th day of May 2022

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hereby authorized to perform all duties and take all actions as required by any election services contract(s) and/or joint election agreement(s) that may be authorized by the City Council. SECTION 4. Harris County shall appoint the Early Voting Clerk and Deputy Early Voting Clerk for early voting in person and voting by mail, and shall designate the Main Early Voting Location for early voting for the election. Applications for ballot by mail (ABBM) shall be mailed, faxed, emailed, or delivered by common or contract carrier to: Regular mail: Isabel Longoria Harris County Elections Administrator Attn: Elections Division Post Office Box 1148 Houston, TX 77251-1148 Phone: (713) 755-6965 Fax: (713)-755-4983 or (713)-437-8683 Email: VBM@HarrisVotes.com Common or contract carrier: Isabel Longoria Harris County Elections Administrator 1001 Preston, 4th Floor Houston, TX 77002 who shall, upon approval of the application, provide balloting materials to the voter in accordance with the Texas Election Code. The deadline to hand -deliver an application for a ballot by mail (ABBM) is Friday, April 22, 2022. The last day for the early voting clerk to receive applications for a ballot to be voted by mail via mail (regardless of postmarked date), fax, common or contract carrier, or email, is Tuesday, April 26, 2022, in accordance with Election Code Sec. 84.007(c). If a voter submits an application for ballot by mail via fax or email, the Early Voting Clerk must receive an original or a copy with a wet signature via mail within four (4) business days of the submission of the fax or email, in accordance with Election Code Sec. 84.007(b-1). The places at which Early Voting by personal appearance shall be conducted shall be designated by Harris County. During the lawful early voting period, the 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 5. 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 joint election agreementlelection services contract with the City of La Porte, shall 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 6. The City Secretary of the City of La Porte shall 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