04-14-12 Special Meeting of La Porte City Council (council retreat)

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PARTI-CHARTER CHARTER COMPARATIVE TABLE districts on said city council, and each candidate shall be designated on the official ballot according to the title of such position or district to which he seeks election. Any candidate for office receiving a majority of all the votes cast for the office for which he is a candidate shall be elected to such office. In the event any candidate for any office fails to receive a majority of all votes cast for all the candidates for such office, the city council shall call a run-off election to be held not less than twenty-one (21) days nor more than thirty (30) days after the regular election, at which run-off election the two (2) candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall be voted for again. In the event of a tie in the vote for the two (2) leading candidates, at the regular election, the city council shall hold a second election not less than twenty-one (21) days nor more than thirty (30) days after the regular election, at which said second election the candidates receiving such tie votes shall be voted for again. d. Term of office. The mayor and councilpersons shall each hold their respective offices for a term of three (3) years and until their successors shall have been elected and duly qualified. 2.02. - Qualifications. a. Enumerated. The mayor and councilpersons shall be resident electors of the city at the time of filing for office, and continuously during their terms of office. A district councilperson shall also be a resident of his district at the time of filing for office and continuously during his term of office. b. Council to be judge of members' qualifications. City council shall be the judge of the election and qualifications of its members and for such purpose shall have power to subpoena witnesses and require the production of records, but the decision of council in any such case shall be subject to review by the courts. 2.03. - Conduct of elections. a. Regulations. All city elections shall be governed by the laws of the State of Texas. In the event there should be any failure of the general laws or this Charter to provide for some feature of the city elections, city council shall have the power to provide for such deficiency, making all regulations it considers desirable, not inconsistent with the laws of the State of Texas, for the prevention of fraud in such elections and for the recount of ballots in case of doubt or fraud. Municipal elections shall be conducted by the appointed election authorities, who shall also have power to make such regulations not inconsistent with this Charter, with any regulations made by council or the laws of the State of Texas. No informalities in conducting a city election shall invalidate the same, if it be conducted fairly and in substantial compliance with the general laws, where applicable, and the Charter and ordinances of the city. b. Schedule. 1. Regular election. The regular election for choice of members of council shall be held annually on the first Saturday of May. 2. Special election. Council may by ordinance or resolution order a special election, fix the time for holding same and provide necessary means. Editor's note— The election date in the city is the first Saturday in May pursuant to V.T.C.A., Election Code § 41.001. La Porte, Texas, Code of Ordinances Page 6 of 32