Ord. 1980-1216 - call charter amendment election

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. . e Ordinance No. /~ lip , Page 3. . anyone to vote absentee by personal appearance at any time when his office is not open to the public. Absentee voting by mail shall begin on the 20th day pre- ceding the date of the election and shall continue until ten o'clock (10:00) A.M. on the second day preceding election day. Absentee voting shall be conducted by a clerk for absentee voting, namely, Lou Lawler , and the place at which the absentee voting shall be conducted is desig- nated as the Administration Building, La Porte Independent School District, 30l East Fairmont Parkway, La Porte, Texas, to which address ballot applications and ballots voted by mail may be mailed. Said clerk shall keep said office open for absentee voting during his regular working hours and in any event for at least eight (8) hours on each day which is not a Saturday, a Sunday, or an official State holiday. Said clerk for absentee voting is hereby authorized and directed to appoint deputy absentee balloting clerks, as necessary. Section 4. The City Commission of the Ci ty of La Porte hereby finds, determines and declares that it is impracticable to segregate each subject so as to permit a vote of "yes" or "no" on the same, for the reason that the amended charter is so constructed that in order to enable it to work and function it is necessary that the comprehensive amendment be adopted in its entirety. For these reasons, the City Commission directs that the comprehensive amendment be voted upon as a whole. Section 5. Voting machines shall be used at said election, and the ballots for said election shall have written or printed thereon the following: e e OFFICIAL BALLOT For the adoption of the amended charter Against the adoption of the amended charter