Ord 2020-016/ordering a Special Election to be held on May 2, 2020 for the purpose of filling a vacancy for the remainder of the unexpired term of office of City Council Member, Place 5; establishing early voting locations and polling places for this elec

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SECTION 6. 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 7. 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 8. The Verity Duo Hybrid voting system, shall be utilized in connection with the election. This system shall be utilized for all early voting as well as for all voting conducted on Election Day. Ample voting equipment shall be provided for early voting and in each of the various vote centers 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 9. 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 10. 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 vacancy in the unexpired term of Council Member, Place 5 is 5:00 p.m. on March 23, 2020. SECTION 11. An executed copy of this Ordinance will serve as proper notice of the election. SECTION 12. 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 April 2, 2020 and on or before April 22, 2020, and will be posted on the bulletin board at City Hall on or before April 6, 2020. SECTION 13. A writ of election as required by the Texas Election Code will be delivered on or before April 17, 2020 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 14. 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. SECTION 15. The rate of compensation to be paid judges, clerks, and assistants to the Central Counting Station Presiding Judge and Tabulation Supervisor for services rendered during the election will be compensated at the rate of no more than $12.00 per hour.