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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 13. 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 City Council Chambers at City Hall, 630 East Hopkins Street in the City, in accordance with the Election Code. Early votes shall be counted at the central counting station. The Early V oting Ballot Board shall perform in accordance with applicable provisions of the Election Code. SECTION 14. That an electronic voting 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. Ramona Brown is appointed as programmer, and she 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 office of the City Attorney, San Marcos City Hall, 630 East Hopkins. SECTION 15. The City Council of the City will, by resolution, 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, and any and all assistants appointed by the Presiding Judge and Tabulation Supervisor shall be subject to the approval of the City Council. SECTION 16. The election will be held in accordance with the provisions ofthe Charter and Ordinances ofthe City of San Marcos and the laws of the State of Texas. SECTION 17. An executed copy of this Ordinance will serve as proper notice of the election. SECTION 18. 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 4, 2002 and on or before April 24, 2002, and will be posted on the bulletin board at City Hall on or before April 15, 2002. SECTION 19. A copy of this Ordinance will be delivered on or before March 25,2002 to the presiding judge of each election precinct in which the election is ordered to be held. This will serve as a notice or writ of election as required by the Texas Election Code. SECTION 20. 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 21. 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 is established at $6.00 per hour. SECTION 22. The additional compensation to be paid judges who deliver returns of the C:\TEMP\election 20022.doc -8-