Ord. 1971-888 - call charter amendment election

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. . Ordinance No. 88e , Page 2. . . City of La Porte is designated as the one polling place for such election. Section 3. Mrs. Arbela Ra]Rton is hereby appointed Presiding Judge of said election, and Mrs. Isadore Jenkins is hereby appointed Alternate Presiding Judge of said election. The maximum number of Clerks which may be appointed to serve at said election is three (3), who shall be selected by the presiding Judge or the Alternate Pr~siding Ju~ge, as the case may be. Section 4. Absentee voting by personal appearance shall begin on the 20th day and shall continue through the 4th day precedi~g the day of the election. Absentee voting shall be conducted by the City Clerk at the same place as provided in Section 2 hereof. Voting machines shall be used for the cast- ing of absentee votes at such election. The City Clerk shall not permit anyone to vote absentee by personal appearance on any day which is not a regular working day for the Clerk's office, or at any time when the Clerk's office is not open to the public. The City Clerk of the City of La Porte is hereby authorized and directed to appoint deputy absentee balloting clerks as necessary. Section 5. Immediately after the close of the..,polls on the 30th day of October, 1971, the election officials shall make due return thereof to the City Commission of the City of La Porte, and the City Commission shall canvass said returns at the earliest practicable time, and shall, immediately after canvassing the returns, declare the results of the election. Each such proposed amendment, if approved by the majority of the qualified voters voting in said election, shall become a part of the Charter of said City. No amendment shall be considered adopted until an official order has been entered upon the records of said City by the City Commission, declaring the same adopted. . .