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1437 Old Post Road SECTION 6. The City Council of the City shall adopt a resolution on or before March 2, 1998, appointing presiding judges and alternate judges to serve in this election, and it shall be each such judge's duty to hold the election in their respective precincts, and any vacancies occurring after the initial appointment may be filled by subsequent resolution(s) of the City Council. SECTION 7. Each presiding judge may appoint up to two (2) clerks, and with the permission of the City Secretary, additional clerks, to serve for each precinct in this election. SECTION 8. The City election shall be conducted jointly with the School District election under the terms and conditions of a Joint Election Agreement. SECTION 9. Janis K. Womack is appointed clerk for early voting for the City. SECTION 10. The main early polling place for early voting by personal appearance for the City election is City Hall, 630 East Hopkins Street in the City, and the temporary branch early polling place for early voting by personal appearance for the City election is the School Administration Building, 501 S. L.B.J. Drive. Early voting by personal appearance shall be conducted during normal working days in the City Hall and the School Administration Building from April 15, 1998 through April 28, 1998, and the hours for early voting shall be from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. A temporary branch early polling place for early voting by personal appearance for the City election is established at the following location, with voting to be conducted at the dates and times indicated: SWTSU-Catholic Student Center 100 Concho Street April 22 & April 23, 1998 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. SECTION 11. Early voting by mail ballot shall be conducted in accordance with applicable provisions of the Texas Election Code. The address of 630 East Hopkins, 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 12. 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 Hall, 630 E. Hopkins 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 13. 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 14. 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 15. 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 16. An executed copy of this Ordinance shall serve as proper notice of the election.