HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020-4222 - Ordinance - 11/12/2020ORDINANCE NO. 2020-4222
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS,
ORDERING A MUNICIPAL RUNOFF ELECTION TO BE HELD ON DECEMBER 15, 2020,
FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING CITY COUNCILMEMBER PLACE 5 BY THE
QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS; ESTABLISHING
EARLY VOTING LOCATIONS AND POLLING PLACES FOR THIS ELECTION; AND
MAKING OTHER PROVISIONS FOR CONDUCTING THE ELECTION.
RECITALS:
1. On November 3, 2020, the City of College Station held a general election for the purpose of
electing City Councilmember Place 5, for a four year term.
2. On November 12, 2020, the City Council canvassed the results of the November 3, 2020,
election and found that no candidate received a majority of the votes.
3. The City Council is authorized to order a runoff election to be held on the 15th day of December,
2020, for the purpose of electing City Councilmember Place 5 by the qualified voters of the City
of College Station among the two candidates receiving the two highest number of votes cast.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1. A runoff election is ordered to be held by the City of College Station, Texas (the
“City”) at the various polling places and election precincts within the corporate limits of the City,
as hereinafter designated, on December 15, 2020, from the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. This
runoff election will be conducted by College Station and will be administered for the City by the
Brazos County Elections Administrator, but this runoff election is not a county-wide election. At
this election the qualified voters of the City will elect City Councilmember for Place 5, with such
position having a four year term ending in November 2024.
SECTION 2. The Vote Centers (polling locations) for College Station for this election shall be as
follows:
Vote Centers Vote Centers
College Station Utilities Meeting & Training
Facility
1603 Graham Road
College Station, Texas
Bob & Wanda Meyer Senior & Community
Center
2275 Dartmouth St.
College Station, Texas
SECTION 3. Early voting by personal appearance for the runoff election shall commence on
November 30, 2020, and end on December 11, 2020. Optical scan ballots shall be used for early
voting by mail and direct recording electronic voting machines shall be used for early voting by
personal appearance. The Early Voting Clerk for said election shall be the Brazos County
Elections Administrator. She shall determine the number of election workers to be hired and
arrange for training of all election workers. Early voting by personal appearance for the runoff
shall be conducted at the locations and on the following dates and times specified by the Brazos
County Elections Administrator:
Early Voting Center Location: College Station Utilities Meeting & Training Facility – 1603
Graham Road, College Station, Texas.
Early Voting Center Times:
November 30 – December 4 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
(Monday - Friday)
December 7 – 8 7:00 am – 7:00 pm
(Monday - Tuesday)
December 9 – 11 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
(Wednesday - Friday)
SECTION 4. Early voting by mail ballot shall be conducted in accordance with applicable
provisions of the Texas Election Code. The address of 300 E. William J Bryan, Suite 100, Bryan,
Texas, shall be the early voting clerk's mailing address to which ballot applications and ballots
voted by mail may be sent for this runoff election.
SECTION 5. 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 Brazos County Election Administrator’s office. Early votes shall be counted at the central
counting station. The Early Voting Ballot Board shall perform in accordance with applicable
provisions of the Texas Election Code.
SECTION 6. A Direct Record Electronic (“DRE”) 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. The Brazos County
Elections Administrator will appoint a programmer, who 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 as may be applicable. The central counting station is
established as the Brazos County Election Administrator’s Office, 300 E. William J Bryan, Suite
100, Bryan, Texas.
SECTION 7. All resident, qualified voters of the City of College Station shall be permitted to
vote for City Councilmember Place 5, to fill a four (4) year term of such position.
SECTION 8. In accordance with Section 123.001 of the Texas Election Code, the Hart Intercivic
Direct Recording Electronic Voting System, Optical Scan Voting System and Electronic
Management System for Brazos County, Texas and certified by the Secretary of State on January
3, 2002, and subsequent certifications each year, and identified as eSlate is hereby adopted for the
runoff election.
SECTION 9. The runoff election shall be held in accordance with the requirements for bilingual
elections as set forth in the Voting Rights Act amendments for 1975 (42USC 1973aa-1a) and in
Section 272.001 et al of the Election Code. All election forms and materials shall be printed in
both English and Spanish, and bilingual oral assistance shall be made available within the
requirements of the law.
SECTION 10. The City Secretary is hereby authorized to post an official NOTICE OF RUNOFF
ELECTION listing the precincts and polling place locations for this election. A copy of the
NOTICE OF RUNOFF ELECTION, when published in a newspaper of general circulation in
English and Spanish, shall serve as proper notice of the City’s election.
SECTION 11. The Mayor is hereby authorized to certify to the City Secretary the names of the
candidates to be placed on the ballot for the runoff election to be held on the 15th day of December
2020.
SECTION 12. That this Ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its passage.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of College Station this 12th day
of November, 2020.
CITY OF COLLEGE STATION:
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Karl Mooney, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Tanya Smith, City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Mary Ann Powell, Deputy City Attorney