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SECTION 8. Early voting by mail ballot shall be conducted in accordance with applicable provisions of the Texas Election Code, The address of 401-C Broadway, 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 9. 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 10. 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, 401-C Broadway, San Marcos, Texas, SECTION 11. 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 12. 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. SECTION 13. An executed copy of this Ordinance will serve as proper notice of the election. SECTION 14. A writ of election as required by the Texas Election Code will be delivered on or before November 28, 2011 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 15. 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.