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Proposition Six: <br />Shall Section 2.01 of the La Porte Charter be amended to clarify that in elections for City Council positions, determining the <br />date of a runoff election, and the resolution of a tie vote alter a runoff election, shall be handled in accordance with state law? <br />_289 For 33 Against <br />Proposition Seven: <br />Shall Sections 2.02 and 2.04 of the La Porte Charter be amended to provide that a candidate for mayor or a council position <br />shall have been a qualified voter of the City for twelve (12) months prior to the time the candidate files for office, and that a <br />candidate for a district council position shall have been a qualified voter of his or her district for twelve (12) months prior to <br />the time the candidate files for office? <br />304 For 25 Against <br />Proposition Eight: <br />Shall Section 2.03 of the La Porte Charter be amended to provide that the date for holding the annual regular election for city <br />council members, and the date for holding special elections, be established in accordance with state law? <br />288 For 35 Against <br />Proposition Nine: <br />Shall Section 2.04 of the La Porte Charter be amended to provide that when the mayor or a councilperson announces their <br />candidacy for another elected office, such announcement shall constitute an automatic resignation if the unexpired term of <br />their city office shall exceed one year and thirty days, in place of the current minimum of one year, to conform to the Texas <br />Constitution? <br />270 For 51 Against <br />Proposition Te: <br />Shall Section 2.04 of the La Porte Charter be amended to simplify the process of holding city elections, by clarifying that <br />applications for candidate positions be filed in accordance with state law, by repealing requirements that candidates for <br />mayor and council positions pay a filing fee, and by establishing that official ballots be prepared and election returns <br />canvassed in accordance with state law? <br />274_ For 49 Against <br />Proposition Eleven: <br />Shall Section 2.05 of the La Porte Charter be amended to increase the maximum annual compensation of the mayor to <br />$4,800.00 from $2,400.00, and to increase the maximum annual compensation of councilpersons to $2,400.00 from <br />$1,200.00? <br />189 For 141_ Against <br />PropositionTwelve: <br />Shall Section 2.06 of the La Porte Charter be amended to eliminate obsolete wording regarding dates for holding elections, <br />and to provide that the City Council will convene the first Monday after the canvassing of an election to seat and qualify <br />newly elected members of the City Council? <br />296 For 26 Against <br />z <br />