Ord. 1988-1579 - call general election

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. e Ordinance No. 1579, page 6. event for at least eight (8) hours on each day which is not a Saturday, a Sunday, or an official State holiday. Section 5. The Council Conference Room of the La Porte City Hall is hereby designated as the Central Counting Station to receive all ballots cast at said election, and Cherie Black is hereby appointed the Presiding Judge for said Central Counting Station. Said Judge shall appoint any clerks necessary to assist in receiving ballots and other records and in perforrning the other duties of said Judge in this regard. The City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to obtain, or cause to be obtained, the necessary electronic tabulating equprnent, to arrange for the testing thereof as provided by law and to employ a duly qualified rnanager and a duly qualified tabulation supervisor to perform the duties respectively irnposed on them by law with respect to the processing and tabulation of ballots at the Central Counting Station. Section 6. That all election materials including notice of the election, ballots, instruction cards, affidavits and other forms which voters may be required to sign and all absentee voting materials shall be printed in both English and Spanish, or Spanish translations thereof shall be made available in the circumstances permitted and in the rnanner required by law. Section 7. The City Secretary of the City of La Porte shall forthwith issue Notice of said election by causing a substantial copy of this Ordinance to be published one time in the BAYSHORE SUN, which is hereby found and declared to be a newspaper of general circulation in said Ci ty, not less than ten (10) days nor more than thirty (30) days prior to the date of the said election. Section 8. Upon a candidate tendering his application on the forrn prescribed, the City Secretary shall furnish to such candidate all inforrnation relative to the qualifications for