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• . • ORDINANCE NO. 1808 Page 7 604 West Fairmont Parkway, La Porte, Texas, to which address ballot applications and ballots voted by mail may be mailed. Early Voting by personal appearance shall be conducted on the weekdays of the early voting period and during the hours that the City Secretary's main business office is regularly open for business. Section 5. The Council Conference Room of the La Porte City Hall is hereby designated as the Central Counting Station to receive all ballots cast~at said election, and Cherie Black is hereby appointed the Presiding Judge for said Central Counting Station. Said Judge shall appoint any clerks necessary to assist in receiving ballots and other records and in performing the other duties of said Judge in this regard. The City Manager 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 6. That all election materials including notice of the election, ballots, instruction cards, affidavits and other forms which voters may be required to sign and all early voting materials shall be printed in both English and Spanish, or Spanish translations thereof shall be made available in the circumstances permitted and in the manner required by law. Section 7. The City Secretary of the City of La Porte shall forthwith issue Notice of said election by causing a substantial copy of this Ordinance to be published one time in the BAYSHORE SUN, 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. Section 8. Upon a candidate tendering his application on the form prescribed, the City Secretary shall furnish to such candidate all information relative to the qualifications for the office being sought; the method of placing the candidate's name on the ballot;