Ord 2017-006/Calling Bond Election

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Section 5. VOTERS. All resident, qualified electors of the City of San Marcos, Texas, shall be entitled to vote at the election. Section 6. CUSTODIAN OF ELECTION RECORDS. The Hays County Elections Administrator shall serve as the custodian of voted ballots, and the City Secretary of San Marcos, Texas, shall be appointed as custodian of all other election records. Section 7. NOTICE. Posting. A substantial copy of this Ordinance, with such omissions authorized by law, shall serve as a proper notice of the election. Such notice, including a Spanish translation thereof, shall be posted on the bulletin board used by the City to post notices of meetings and at City Hall not less than twenty-one (21) days prior to the date the election is to be held, and shall remain posted through election day. In addition to the forgoing, this Ordinance, including a Spanish translation thereof, shall be (i) posted on election day and during early voting by personal appearance in a prominent location at each polling place; (ii) posted in three (3) public places in the boundaries of the City no later than twenty-one (21) days before the election; and (iii) posted on the City's Internet website during the twenty-one (21) days before the election if the City maintains an Internet website. Publication. A substantial copy of this Ordinance, with such omissions allowed by law, shall serve as a proper notice of the election. Such notice, including a Spanish translation thereof, shall be published in San Marcos Daily Record, a newspaper of general circulation in the City, on the same day in each of two successive weeks with the first publication occurring not earlier than the thirtieth (30th) day or later than the fourteenth (14th) day prior to the day of the election. Authorization to City Clerk. The City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to publish and post the required notices in the manner and for the time periods required by law. Section 8. VOTING DEVICES. Electronic optical scan voting devices may be used in conducting the election. The Hays County Elections Administrator may also utilize a central counting station as provided by Section 127.000 et seq., as amended, Texas Election Code. Any central counting station presiding judge and the alternate presiding judge shall be appointed in accordance with the Election Agreement and the Texas Election Code. The Hays County Elections Administrator is currently using election systems and software certified by the Texas Secretary of State.