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SECTION 4. The City Council of the City shall, by separate resolution appoint 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 5. 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 6. Janis K. Womack is appointed clerk for early voting for this election. SECTION 7. The main early polling place for early voting by personal appearance for this 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 this election is the School Administration Building, 501 S. LB.J. Drive. Early voting by personal appearance shall be conducted during normal working days in the City Hall Building and the School Administration Building beginning May 13, 1998, or as soon as practicable following the May 2nd election, through May 26, 1998, except for holidays (Memorial Day, May 25, 1998), and the hours for early voting shall be from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. SECTION 8. 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 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 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 10. 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 11. 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 12. 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 13. An executed copy of this Ordinance shall serve as proper notice of the election. SECTION 14. Notice of the election, including a Spanish translation thereof, shall be published at least once in a newspaper published in the City of San Marcos on or before May 20, 1998, and shall be posted on the bulletin board at City Hall on or before May 20, 1998. SECTION 15. A copy of this Ordinance shall be delivered on or before May 11, 1998 to the presiding judge of each election precinct in which the election is ordered