ORDINANCE No.
2012-116 CITY
OF SHOREACRES, TEXAS
ORDERING CITY OFFICERS’ ELECTION TO
BE HELD ON MAY 12, 2012
AN ORDINANCE AND ORDER ESTABLISHING
PROCEDURES FOR THE CITY OFFICERS’
ELECTION IN SHOREACRES, TEXAS ON MAY 12,
2012.
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WHEREAS, the laws of the State of
Texas provide that on May 12, 2012,
there shall be elected Mayor and two (2)
Aldermen-at-Large, each for two year
terms for the City of Shoreacres, Texas;
and,
WHEREAS, the laws of the State of
Texas further provide that the Election
Code of the State of Texas is applicable
to said election, and in order to comply
with such Code, an Ordinance and Order
shall be passed establishing procedures
to be followed in said election and
designating the voting place for said
election; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SHOREACRES, TEXAS:
1.
The City Officers’ Election shall
be held on Saturday, May 12, 2012 at
Shoreacres City Hall, 601 Shore Acres
Boulevard, Shoreacres, Texas and the
entire City of Shoreacres shall
constitute one election precinct for
said election. The polls on election day
shall be open from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00
p.m.
2.
All independent
declared candidates for the
election to be held on May 12, 2012 for
the above mentioned offices shall file
their application to become candidates
with the City Secretary or his designee
at Shoreacres City Hall, 601 Shore Acres
Boulevard, Shoreacres, Texas beginning
Saturday, February 4, 2012 and
continuing during regular office hours
until Monday, March 5, 2012 at 5:00 p.m.
No applications for declared
candidates shall be accepted after that
date and time. Such applications shall
be in accordance with State Law.
3.
All independent
undeclared candidates (write-in
candidates) for the election to be held
on May 12, 2012 for the above mentioned
offices shall file their applications to
become candidates with the City
Secretary or his designee at Shoreacres
City Hall, 601 Shore Acres Boulevard,
Shoreacres, Texas beginning on February
4, 2012 and ending on March 5, 2012 at
5:00 p.m. No applications for write-in
candidates shall be accepted after that
date and time. Such applications shall
be in accordance with State Law.
4.
The order of the names to be
printed on the ballot shall be
determined by a drawing to be held by
the City Secretary as provided by the
Election Code. The drawing shall take
place on Monday, March 5, 2012 at 5:15
p.m. at
Shoreacres
City Hall.
5.
David K. Stall is hereby
appointed Clerk for Early Voting and Ann
Linthicum and Ann Weaver are hereby
appointed Alternate Early Voting Clerks.
Early voting by personal appearance
shall begin on Monday, April 30, 2012 at
7:30 a.m. and shall continue during
regular office hours through Tuesday,
May 8, 2012, with the exception of
extended hours on Wednesday, May 2, 2012
and Tuesday, May 8, 2012 and we will be
open for early voting from 7:00 a.m.
until 7:00 p.m. on those two (2) days.
(Regular Office Hours are 7:30 a.m.
until 5:00 p.m., Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday and from 8:00
a.m. until 12:00 noon on Friday.) Early
voting by personal appearance shall take
place at Shoreacres City Hall, 601 Shore
Acres Boulevard, Shoreacres, Texas
77571, which is also the address to
which ballot applications and ballots
voted by mail shall be sent.
6.
Early votes shall be canvassed by
the Early Balloting Board in accordance
with the Texas Election Code.
The appointed Presiding Judge at
the polling place shall serve as the
Presiding Judge of the Early Balloting
Board with two (2) clerks serving at the
polling place making up the other
members of the board.
7.
The Election shall be held in
accordance with the Texas Election Code
and only qualified resident voters of
the City of
Shoreacres
shall be eligible to vote at said
election.
9.
The Mayor shall give notice of
this election in accordance with the
Texas Election Code and Article 29e, Vernon’s Revised Civil
Statutes and all necessary orders, writs
and returns for said election shall be
issued by the proper authority(ies).
10.
In accordance with the order of
the City Council, the City Secretary has
posted written notice of the date, place
and subject of this meeting in which
this ordinance was passed on the
bulletin board outside of City Hall, a
place readily accessible to the public.
Such notice has been continuously posted
for 72 hours preceding the scheduled
time of such meeting.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 23rd day of January 2012.
(CITY SEAL)
____________________________
Dolly Arons, Mayor
ATTEST:
_____________________________
David
K. Stall, CFM
City Secretary
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