96-E-1 Elections
ORDINANCE NO.
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AN ORDINANCE
BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ,
TEXAS, CALLING AN ELECTION TO BE HELD ON MAY
4, 1996, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING A MAYOR
AND TWO (2) COUNCILMEMBERS FOR SAID CITY ,
AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
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 receiving 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, respectively, 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 an application in writing
in the form prescribed by the Texas Election Code requesting
that his or her name be placed on the Official Ballot and
designating whether he or she is running as a candidate for
Mayor or Councilmember, and if for Councilmember, 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 polling place for the holding
election shall be at the Community Center, 1400
Parkway, Schertz, Texas, 78154; and the entire
of said
Schertz
City of
Schertz for the purpose of holding said election,
and constitute one municipal election precinct.
Kvapil is hereby appointed Presiding Judge of said
and Rozie Mazoch is hereby appointed Alternate
Judge of said election.
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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 Alternate Presiding Judge if
he/she is to be 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 early voting in said election shall be conducted
at the Community Center, 1400 Schertz Parkway, Schertz,
Texas 78154, and the City Secretary is hereby charged with
the duty of conducting early voting in said election as
required by law. The City Secretary shall appoint a Deputy
Early Voting Clerk who is fluent in the Spanish language to
render oral aid to any voter desiring to vote early in said
election who requests such aid.
VII
THAT the Presiding Judge of said election
designated election officers shall also serve as the
Voting Ballot Board.
and
Early
VIII
THAT with the exception of Saturdays, Sundays and
official State holidays, the Community Center shall remain
open from 8:30 o'clock a.m. to 5:00 o'clock p.m. for the
purpose of conducting early voting for said election.
IX
THAT the
election shall
o'clock p.m.
polls of said election on the day of
be open from 7:00 o'clock a.m. to
said
7:00
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THAT the ballots to be used in said election shall be
prepared in conformity with the Texas Election Code, as
amended. That in holding and conducting said election,
voter forms, instructions and other materials required
therefore, including the ballots, shall be in both the
English and Spanish languages.
XI
THAT notice of said election shall be given in
accordance with the provisions of Title 1, Chapter 4, Texas
Election Code.
XII
THAT the City Secretary is hereby authorized and
directed to post notice of said election, in both 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 public place
within said City, all of which notices shall be posted at
least twenty (20) days prior to the date set for said
election.
XIII
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.
XIV
THAT the public importance of this measure and the
necessity for calling the election prior to the date for
making application for a place on the official ballot
creates an emergency and an urgent public necessity
requiring the suspension of the charter provision that no
ordinance be passed on the day it is introduced, and such
Charter provision is accordingly suspended and this
Ordinance is declared to be an emergency measure, and shall
take effect and be in full force immediately from and after
its passage on the date shown below.
PASS~. '~PRO~ED./AND ADOPTED this the
~ ' 1996.
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City Secretary, City of Schertz
(SEAL OF CITY)
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THE STATE OF TEXAS,
County of Guadalupe
Before me, the undersigned authority, on this date personally appeared L. A. REYNOLDS
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to me, who, being by me duly sworn, on his oath deposes and says that he is the Advertising Director of
The Seguin Gazette-Enterprise, a newspaper published in said county; that a copy of the within and fore-
going _Ap
was published in said newspaper ?
times before the return day named therein,
such publications being on the following dates:
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and a newspaper copy of which is hereto attached.
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 16th day of FEBRUARY
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ORDINANCE NO. 96-E-1
BY TH.f; CITY COUNCIL
OF THE 'CITY OF
SCHERTZ, TEXS, CALL-
INGAN ELECTION TO BE
HELD ON MAY 4, 1996,
FOR THE PURPOSE OF
ELECTING A MAYOR AND
TWO (2) COUNCI.L MEM-
BERS FOR SAID CITY
AND DECLARING AI',j
EMERGENCY.
Passed, Approved and
Adopted the 6th day of Fe-
bruary, 1996.
Norma Althouse,
City Secretary
.
ORDINANCE NO. 96.E-1
BY THE CITY COUNCIL
OF 'THE CITY OF
SCHERTZ, TEXS, CAL~
ING AN ELECTION to BE
HELD ON MAY 4, 1996,
FOR THE PURPOSE OF
ELECTING A MAYORAND
TWO (2) COUNCIL MEM-
BERS FOR SAID CITY
AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY.
Passed, Approved and
Adopted the 6th day of Fe-
bruary, 1996.
Norma Althouse, City Sec-
retary