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Wimberley, TX October 26, 2014 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. October 27 -31, 2014 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Buda City Hall 121 N Main St. Buda, TX Texas State of San Marcos LBJ Student Center 700 Student Center Drive San Marcos, TX October 20, 2014 October 31, 2014 October 28 -30, 2014 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. SECTION 8. Early voting by mail ballot shall be conducted in accordance with applicable provisions of the Texas Election Code. The address of 712 S. Stagecoach Trail, San Marcos, Texas 78666, shall be the early voting clerk's mailing address to which ballot applications and ballots voted by mail may be sent for the City. SECTION 9. All early votes and other votes to be processed in accordance with early voting procedures pursuant to the Texas Election Code shall be delivered to the Early Voting Ballot Board at the Hays County Election Administrator's office which is located in the City, in accordance with the Election Code. Early votes shall be counted at the central counting station. The Early Voting Ballot Board shall perform in accordance with applicable provisions of the Election Code. SECTION 10. A Direct Record Electronic ( "DRE ") System, as the term is defined in the Texas Election Code, shall be utilized in connection with the election. This system shall be utilized for all early voting as well as for all precinct voting conducted on Election Day. The Hays County Election Administrator will appoint a programmer, who shall prepare a program for the automatic tabulating equipment. Ample voting equipment shall be provided for early voting and in each of the various precincts on Election Day. The central counting station is established as the Hays County Elections Administrator's office, 712 S. Stagecoach Trail, San Marcos, Texas. SECTION 11. The Hays County Elections Administrator will appoint the Early Voting Ballot Board, a Presiding Judge of the Central Counting Station, a Tabulation Supervisor of the Central Counting Station, and a Central Counting Station Manager. SECTION 12. The election will be held in accordance with the provisions of the Charter and Ordinances of the City of San Marcos and the laws of the State of Texas. The deadline for filing by candidates for the position of Mayor, Council Member Place 3 and Council Member Place 4 is 5:00 p.m. on August 18, 2014. SECTION 13. An executed copy of this Ordinance will serve as proper notice of the election. SECTION 14. Notice of the election, including a Spanish translation thereof, will be published at least once in a newspaper published in San Marcos on or after October 5, 2014 and 12