Ord 2017-045/Calling General Election and Special Election

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ORDINANCE NO. 2017-45 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, ORDERING A GENERAL AND SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 7, 2017 FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER FOR PLACE 3, A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER FOR PLACE 4 AND TO SUBMIT PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE SAN MARCOS CITY CHARTER TO THE VOTERS; ESTABLISHING EARLY VOTING LOCATIONS AND POLLING PLACES FOR THIS ELECTION; MAKING PROVISIONS FOR CONDUCTING THE ELECTION; PROVIDING FOR THE APPROVAL OF THIS ORDINANCE AS AN EMERGENCY MEASURE ON ONLY ONE READING;AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS: SECTION 1.A general and special election is ordered to be held by the City of San Marcos (the "City") at the various polling places and election precincts within the corporate limits of the City, as hereinafter designated, on November 7, 2017 from the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. This General and Special City Election will be conducted jointly with Hays County and will be administered for the City by the Hays County Elections Administrator. At the General Election the qualified voters of the City will elect a City Council Member for Place 3 and a City Council Member for Place 4 with each Council Member position having a term of three years. At the concurrent Special City Election,the voters will consider proposed amendments to the San Marcos City Charter as set forth in this ordinance. The official canvass of the election shall be held November 15,2017 following Election Day. In the event it becomes necessary to conduct a Runoff Election, it will be necessary to call the Runoff Election the same day the final canvass of the main election is completed,November 15, 2017. The Runoff Election shall be held not earlier than the 20th nor later than the 45th day after the date the final canvass of the Regular Election is completed. Canvass of the returns of the Runoff Election, if necessary, shall be held no earlier than the 8th day not later than the 11th day following the date of the Runoff Election. SECTION 2. The ballots for the City election will conform to the requirements of the Texas Election Code, and will contain the following propositions that correspond to and summarize each of the proposed charter text amendments set forth in section 3 of this ordinance: PROPOSITION - A FOR/AGAINST The amendment of Sections 1.01 and 1.02 to replace references to "municipal government" with the term"city government." 1