17-PUBLIC HEARING MOVE TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION ORDERING CITY-WIDE ELECTION

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election will be conducted by the Lamar County Elections Administrator beginning on Monday, May 2, 2011 and continue through Tuesday, May 10, 2011, during normal business hours of 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. except on May 2, 2011 and May 3, 2011, when the hours will be from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Section 6. That applications for early voting ballot by mail shall be mailed to: Russ Towers, Early Voting Clerk, Lamar County Elections Administrator, Lamar County Courthouse Annex, 231 Lamar Avenue, Paris, Texas. Section 7. That in accordance with Section 123.001 of the Texas Election Code, the Election Systems & Software direct recording electronic voting systems approved by the Secretary of State are hereby adopted for the general election on May 14, 2011. Section 8. That pursuant to the Contract for Election Services, attached hereto as Exhibit A, the Lamar County Elections Administrator shall serve as Election Administrator for this election. Presiding Election Judges and Alternate Presiding Election Judges appointed to serve at said polling places shall be those election officials appointed by the Elections Administrator. Section 9. That in compliance with Section 271.006 of the Texas Election Code, Russ Towers, Lamar County Elections Administrator, will be appointed as Early Voting Clerk. Other deputy early voting clerks will be appointed as needed to process early voting mail and to conduct early voting by personal appearance at the Early Voting Polling Place, Lamar County Courthouse Annex, 231 Lamar Avenue, Paris, Texas. Section 10. That an Early Voting Ballot Board shall be created to process early voting results in accordance with Section 87.007 of the Texas Election Code. The Early Voting Ballot Board shall be made up of inembers appointed in the manner stated in the Contract for Election Services. Section 11. That such election shall be held in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas governing general and municipal elections, the Federal District Court Order dated March 15, 1976, in Civil Case No. P-75-3-CA, insofar as the same may be applicable, and with the provisions of the City Charter and Ordinances of the City of Paris, wherein said Charter and ordinances do not conflict with state law and the above-described Order. Section 12. That the City Clerk of the City of Paris is hereby directed and instructed to cause the posting of a properly executed Notice of Election pursuant to this order of election, signed by the Mayor of the City of Paris and attested by the City Clerk, on the bulletin board in the City Clerk's Office, on the board provided for notices at the City Hall door, at each of the polling places designated above, which are within each district in which the election is to be held, not later than the twenty-first (21st) day before election day; further, a properly executed copy of such Notice of Election shall be published at least one time not earlier than the thirtieth (30th) day, nor later than the tenth (10th) day before election day in at least one (1) daily newspaper published in the City of Paris, and a copy of the notice shall be filed with the City Clerk of the City of Paris, together with the posting 10