12-14-20 Regular Meeting of the La Porte City Council

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10. Central Count. The Entity will appoint Isabel Longoria as Presiding Judge of Central Count, conduct their own canvass, perform oaths and/or recognition of victorious candidates, and report to the Secretary of State the names and offices of victorious candidates. The Entity agrees that the central counting station will be located at the NRG Arena. II. Contracting Officer 11. The Contracting Officer agrees that the Harris County Clerk will supervise the performance of the following duties to be performed by the Contracting Officer. 12. The Contracting Officer will perform its obligations in accordance with all applicable laws and agrees to follow the Texas Election Code in the conduct of the December 12, 2020 Runoff Election. The Contracting Officer agrees to provide mail ballots to all vot The Contracting Officer shall provide space on the ballot sufficient to encompass all candidate races and issues of the Entity. All required election materials, documents, notices and postings will be in English, Spanish, Vietnamese and Chinese. The Contracting Officer, where able, will assume lead responsibility in providing Spanish, Vietnamese and Chinese speaking poll workers in areas of high concentration of Spanish, Vietnamese or Chinese voters. The Contractor Officer will train early voting and Election Day personnel. 13. Logic & Accuracy. The Contracting Officer will assemble the Logic and Accuracy Board and perform the Logic & Accuracy Test for the ballot. 14. Early Voting In Person. The Contracting Officer will secure and arrange for the delivery of the Voting system equipment and supplies used in Early Voting; secure early voting locations; provide all equipment and supplies used in early voting; provide a list of election officers for the main early voting Central Office at the close of early Voting. 15. Early Voting Ballot by Mail. The Contracting Officer will employ or use personnel as necessary to prepare and conduct early voting by mail, provide materials for voting by mail, and provide all equipment and supplies used in early voting ballot by mail. Additionally, the Contracting Officer will provide a list of pay the presiding judge and clerks of the Signature Verification Committee and the Early Voting Ballot Board. The Contracting Officer is authorized to employ or use such personnel, as it deems necessary or desirable, to prepare and conduct early voting by mail. The procedure for appointing the early voting ballot board for the December Runoff Election is set out in Tex. Elec. Code Ann. §87.002. 16. Election Day. The Contracting Officer will secure all the voting places, provide voting system equipment, tables, chairs, supplies etc. for holding the election on Election Day, and secure drop off location(s) for Election Day. The Contracting Officer agrees to pay the presiding judges and their clerks for services in connection with Election at the expense of the entity, and hire, train and pay for technical support. 17. Central Count. The Contracting Officer will pay the presiding judge of the Central Count at the expense of the Entity, employ such personnel as it deems necessary to program and operate the automatic tabulating equipment, and provide precinct by precinct report to the Secretary of State. 18. The Contracting Officer shall provide a list of presiding and alternate election judges for each Early Voting location, each county election precinct with a polling location and the central counting station, the Early Voting Ballot Board, Central Count Manager and Tabulation Supervisor according the Texas Election Code for the appointment by the governing body of the Entity. Necessary additional appointments shall be Election Runoff Agreement - December 12, 2020 3