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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 14. 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, 40 l-C Broadway Street 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 15. 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 16. That the City Council of the City shall, 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 17. That the election shall be held under, and in accordance with the provisions of: the Charter and Ordinances of the City of San Marcos, and in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas. SECTION 18. That an executed copy ofthis Ordinance shall serve as proper notice of the election. SECTION 19. That notice of the election including a Spanish translation thereof, shall be published at least once in a newspaper published in San Marcos on or after April 6, 2000 and on or before April 26, 2000, and shall be posted on the bulletin board at City Hall on or before April 26, 2000. SECTION 20. That a copy of this Ordinance shall be delivered on or before March 27,2000 to the presiding judge of each election precinct in which the election is ordered to be held, which copy shall serve as a notice or writ of election as required by the Texas Election Code. SECTION 21. That testing of the automatic tabulating equipment shall be performed and notice thereof shall be given in accordance with Subchapter D of Chapter 127 of the Texas Election Code. SECTION 22. That 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 23. Thatthe additional compensation to be paid judges who deliverreturns of the election is established at $25.00. SECTION 24. That if any portion of this Ordinance is held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining provisions of this Ordinance shall remain in full force and effect. SECTION 25. That the importance of this Ordinance creates an emergency and an imperative public necessity so that the provisions of the charter requiring that ordinances shall be presented at three separate meetings and that no ordinance shall become effective until the expiration of ten (10) days following the date of its final passage be suspended, and these provisions are hereby suspended, and this Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect from and after its adoption and after its publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the area. -15-