Ord 2017-045/Calling General Election and Special Election

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Fire Station#2 November 1 —3, 2017 7:00a.m. to 7:00p.m. 150 Bunton Creek Road Kyle, Texas SECTION 10. 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 11. 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 12. 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 13. 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 14. 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 Council Member Place 3 and Councilmember Place 4 is 5:00 p.m. on August 21, 2017. SECTION 15. An executed copy of this Ordinance will serve as proper notice of the election. SECTION 16. 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 8, 2017 and on or before October 30, 2017, and will be posted on the bulletin board at City Hall on or before October 17, 2017 SECTION 17. A writ of election as required by the Texas Election Code will be delivered on or before October 23, 2017 by the Hays County Election Administrator to the presiding and alternate judges of each election precinct in which the election is ordered to be held. SECTION 18. Testing of the automatic tabulating equipment will be performed and notice thereof will be given in accordance with Subchapter D of Chapter 127 of the Texas Election Code. 20