90-E-8 Elections
ORDINANCE NO. 9't'- j?- 7
AN ORDINANCE
BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ,
TEXAS, CALLING AN ELECTION TO BE HELD ON MAY
5, 1990, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING A MAYOR
AND TWO (2) COUNCILMEMBERS FOR SAID CITY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS;
I
THAT an election be held in and throughout the City of
Schertz, Texas (the "City"), for the purpose of electing a Mayor
and two (2) councilmembers for Places 1 and 2, respectively, to
serve for a term of two (2) years.
II
THAT at said election the candidate rece~v~ng the highest
number of votes for Mayor shall be declared elected; and the
candidates receiving the highest number of votes for Place 1 and
Place 2, respective I y, shall be declared elected for a term of
two (2) years. Any candidate desiring to have his or her name on
the official ballot for said election, shall at least forty-
five(45) days prior to said election day, file with the City
Secretary application in writing in the form prescribed by the
Secretary of State requesting that his or her name be placed on
the official ballot and designated whether he or she is running
as a candidate for Mayor or councilman, and if for councilman,
such person shall declare as candidate for Place 1 or Place 2.
That any person failing to file said written application for
candidacy by the time aforesaid, shall not be entitled to have
his or her name printed on the official ballot.
THAT the name of all eligible candidates whose
applications have been duly and timely filed shall be placed on
the ballot pursuant to a drawing as provided by law.
III
THAT all qualified voters of said City shall be entitled
to vote in said election.
IV
THAT the poling place for the holding of said election
shall be at the Community Center, 1400 Schertz Parkway, Schertz,
Texas, 78154j and the entire City of Schertz for the purpose of
holding said election, shall be and constitute one municipal
election precinct. ___Janestine O. Kvapil____is hereby appointed
Presiding Judge of said election, and
is hereby appointed Alternate Presiding Judge of said election.
V
THAT the Presiding Judge of said election shall appoint as
many resident qualified electors of the City to serve as clerks
in said election as shall be reasonably necessary to conduct said
election, with the appointment of such clerks to include the
Al ternate Presiding Judge if present for the holding of said
election. The Presiding Judge shall appoint a person fluent in
the Spanish language to serve as a clerk of said election to
render oral aid in the Spanish language to any voter desiring
such aid at the polls on the day of the election. In the absence
of the Presiding Judge above named, the Alternate Presiding Judge
shall perform the duties of the Presiding Judge of said election.
VI
THAT absentee voting in said election shall be conducted
at the Office of the City Secretary, Municipal Complex, 1400
Schertz Parkway, Schertz, Texas 78154, and the City Secretary is
hereby charged with the duty of conducting absentee voting in
said election as required by law. The City Secretary shall
appoint a Deputy Absentee Voting Clerk who is fluent in the
Spanish language to render oral aid to any voter desiring to vote
absentee in said election who requests such aid.
VII
THAT the Presiding Judge of said election and designated
election officers shall also serve as the Absentee Ballot Board.
VIII
THAT the polls of said election
election shall be open from 7: 00 0' clock
p.m.
on the day of said
a.m. to 7:00 o'clock
IX
THAT the ballots to be used in said election shall be
prepared in conformity with V.A.T.C.S. Election Code, as amended.
That in holding and conducting of said election, voter forms,
instructions and other materials required therefor, including the
ballots, shall be in both the English and Spanish languages.
x
Notice of said election shall be given in accordance with
the provisions of Title 1, Chapter 4, Texas Election Code.
XI
THAT the City Secretary is hereby authorized to post
notice of said election, in both the English and Spanish
languages, on a public bulletin board at the municipal Complex of
said City, at the polling place for the holding of the election,
and at one other publ ic place wi thin said Ci ty, all of which
notices shall be posted at least twenty (20) days prior to the
date set for said election.
XII
THAT the City Secretary is further authorized and directed
. to cause notice of said election to be published one time not
more than twenty-five (25) nor less than ten (10) days prior to
the date set for said election in a newspaper published and of
general circulation in the City.
APPROVED on the first reading, the dcLday of 7-~.
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ATTEST:
~~~ PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED on the
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