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92-E-6 Election , ' ORDINANCE No.f:d_~_-6 AN ORDINANCE BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS, CALLING AN ELECTION TO BE HELD ON MAY 2, 1992, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING A MAYOR AND TWO (2) COUNCILMEMBERS FOR SAID CITY, 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 recelvlng 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 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 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 poling place for the holding of said election shall be at the Community Center, 1400 Schertz Parkway, Schertz, Texas, 78154; and the entire City of Schertz for the purpose of holding said election, shall be and constitute one municipal election precinct. 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 Alternate 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 Early 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 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 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 IX 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 therefor, including the ballots, shall be in both the English and Spanish languages. X THAT notice of said election shall be give 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 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. 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. XIII 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. , . PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED ___'!7 e k> r<. 0 "..p.. '-1 I~ __day of ATTEST: -( SEAL OF CITY)