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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOred. 1971-872 - call general election . . ORDINANCE NO. 872 .' AN ORDINANCE CALLING THE REGULAR ANNUAL ELECTION OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE; DESIGNATING AN ELECTION PRECINCT AND A POLLING PLACE; PROVIDING FOR THE USE OF VOTING MACHINES; APPOINTING ELECTION OFFICIALS; PROVIDING FOR METHOD AND DATES OF ABSENTEE VOTING; PROVIDING FOR RETURN AND CANVASS OF VOTES OF SAID ELECTION; PROVIDING FOR NOTICE; PROVIDING FOR FILING DEADLINE. AND FILING FEES FOR CANDIDATES; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: Section 1. An election shall be held within the corporate limits of the City of La Porte, Texas, on the 3rd day of April, 1971i such day being the first Saturday in April, 1971, between seven o'clock (7:00) A.M. and seven o'clock (7:00) P.M., for . the purpose of electing a Commissioner of said City for Position No.1, and a Commissioner of said City for Position No.3. Section 2. The City Commission of the City of La Porte hereby designates and establishes all of the area encompassed within the corporate limits of the City of La Porte, as one election precinct for this election, and the City Hall of the City of La Porte is designated as the one polling place for such election. Voting machines shall be used in the conduct of such election. Section 3. Mrs. Arbel a", Ralston is hereby . appointed Presiding Judge of said election, and Mrs. Isadn~p- ~: 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 presiding Judge, 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 preceding 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 casting of absentee votes at such election. The City Clerk . . Ordinance No. 872 , Page 2. . shall not permit anyone to vote absentee by personal appear- ance 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 3rd day of April, 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. The Mayor shall immediately thereafter deliver to the candidate for whom the greatest number of votes has been polled for each respective office, a certificate of election. Such elected officials shall assume their duties within ten (10) days thereafter, Sundays excluded, upon their taking the oath of office. Section 6. Notice of said election shall be given by publication in the La Porte-Bayshore Sun, not less than ten (10) days nor more than thirty (30) days prior to the date . of the said election, of the following notice: "NOTICE OF ELECTION "I, H. Carlos Smith, Mayor of the City of La Porte, Texas, by virtue of the power vested in me by law, do hereby order that an election be held in the City of La Porte, Texas, on the 3rd day of April, 1971, for the purpose of electing a Commissioner for Position I, and a Commissioner for Position 3; and that said election shall be held at the City Hall in said City between seven o'clock (7:00) A.M. and seven o'clock (7:00) P.M. on said date, and the following named persons are the appointed officials of said election, to-wit: "presiding Judge Mrs. Arbela Ralston .- "Alternate Presiding Judge Mrs. Isadore Jenkins "Absentee voting by personal appearance shall begin on the 20th day and shall continue through the 4th day preceding the day of the election and shall be . . . .',. . . Ordinance No. 872 , Page 3. conducted at the City Hall of the City bf,La,Porte, between the hours of nine o'clock (9:00) A.M. and five o'clock (5:00) P.M., except on Saturdays, and legal holidays. ;}::( ~ ~ H. CARLOS SMITH, Mayor 0 the City of La Porte, Texas" and further notice of said election shall be given by posting a copy of this Ordinance at the City Hall for thirty (30) days next preceding said election. Section 7. The City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to give notice of said election in accordance with Section 6 hereof. Section 8. Upon'a candidate tendering his application on the form prescribed, the City Clerk shall furnish to such candidate all information relative to the qualifications for the office being sought; the method of placing the candidate's name on the ballot; the amount of the required filing fee; and any other pertinent information concerning said election. Section 9. The deadline for a candidate to make applica- tion to have his name appear upon the ballot for such election, is hereby designated and established as 5:00 o'clock P.M., Wednesday, March 3, 1971. The 'filing fee for each candidate for the office of Commissioner is hereby established at Fifty Dollars ($50.00). The filing fees shall be used to defray the cost of the election, and said fees shall be prorated and any surplus shall be refunded to said candidates. Section 10. Said election shall be held in accordance with the provisions of the City Charter of the City of La Porte, and the general election laws of the State of Texas governing general and municipal elections, so far as same may be applicable thereto. Section II. Each and every provision, paragraph, sentence and qlause of this Ordinance has been separately considered . . . .- . Ordinance No. 8'22 , Page 4. . and passed by the City Commission of the City of La Porte, Texas, and each said provision would have been separately passed without any other provision, and if any provision hereof shall be ineffective, invalid or unconstitutional, for any cause, it shall not impair or affect the remaining portion, or any part thereof, but the valid portion shall be in force just as if it had been passed alone. Section 12. This Ordinance shall be in effect immediately upon its passage and approval. PASSED AND APPROVED this the 18th day of January, A.D. 1971. , ..... ~c... c', "'. ~<f~J~:: CJ ::7.... ~ " . -~ :> ). '--"'I>' A['TEST: ;:: _, .,.,' ~" ~ . ....."r Ci"-C~~ ~. '~ APPROVED: W. d 04. ~ City Attorney ::T;;&T~ Mayor