1976-005 Note Amended by Ordinance 77-039
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AN ORDINANCE ORDERING A SPECIAL HOME RULE ELECTION IN THE CITY OF
DENTON~ TEXAS, TO BE HELD ON SATURDAY, THE 3RD DAY OF APRIL, A D
1976, FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUBMITTING TO THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF
SAID CITY, FOR ADOPTION OR REJECTION, PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE
EXISTING CHARTER OF THE CITY OF DENTON, DESIGNATING THE POLLING
PLACE, PRESCRIBING OFFICERS THEREOF, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Denton, in the
exercise of the sound discretion reposed in ~t by the Constitution
and Laws of th~s State, and more particularly Articles 1165 through
1174, inclusive, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes, relating to the
amendment of city charters by c~t~es hav~ng more than f~ve thousand
~nhabltants, deems ~t w~se and expedient to submit proposed amend-
ments to the existing Charter of said city, hereinafter set forth,
at a special election to be held in said c~ty on Saturday, the 3rd
day of April, A D 1976, now, therefore,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, HEREBY ORDAINS
SECTION I
That a special election shall be held ~n and throughout the
C~ty of Denton, Texas, on the 3rd day of April, 1976, for the pur-
pose of s%u~lttlng to the qualified voters of said c~ty, for adoption
or re3ect~on, the following proposed amendments to the ex~st~ng
Charter of the City of Denton
AMENDMENT NO ONE
[ ] FOR SECTION 2 01 - THE COUNCIL - NUMBER, SELECTION
AND TERM
[ ] AGAINST The Council shall have f~ve members elected by
the qualified voters of the entire city but
each counc~lperson shall be elected to and
occupy a place on the council, such places be-
lng Numbered One, Two, Three, Four and F~ve
The places of the councllperson shall be desig-
nated on the official ballot as Counc~lperson
Places One, Two, Three, Four and F~ve The
members of council shall be elected in the manner
prescribed zn Article 3, for a term of two years
and until their respective successors have been
elected and qualified
SECTION 3 01 - MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS
(a) The regular elect~on for the choice of mem-
bers of the C~ty Council as provided ~n Article
2 shall be held each year on the f~rst Saturday
in April The Council may by resolution order
SECTION II
That said elections shall be held at the place with the named
persons appointed judge of sa~d election as w~ll be set out in the
ordinance passing and approvlng the elect~on of councllpersons on
the regular scheduled mun~alpal elect~on on Saturday, the 3rd day
of April, 1976
SECTION III
That saad electlons shall be held in accordance with the Con-
statut~on and the Laws of the State of Texas, and all persons
qualafled to vote ~n sa~d city under the laws of this State and
the Constitution shall be allowed to vote
SECTION IV
That each proposed charter amendment shall be separate and
dlstanct so that the voters shall pass upon each one separately
and a part from another and so that each voter may vote "Yes" or
"No" on any amendment or amendments without voting yes or no on
all of said amendments That absentee voting shall be on paper
ballots, and such ballots shall conform to the requlrements of
Article 6 05 of the Elect~on Code of the State of Texas, as
amended, which provides that a square shall be placed beside the
proposed amendment, ~n whlch the voter ~s requested to place an
"X" or other clear mark to ~ndlcate the way he w~shes to vote, but
which also provides a failure of a voter to mark has ballot an
stract conformity w~th the anstructlons on the ballot shall not
anval~date the ballot, and the ballot shall be counted if the
intention of the voter clearly ascertainable, accept where the
law expressly prohablts the counting of the ballot It ~s speci-
fically provided that the election officers shall not refuse to
count a ballot because of a voter havang marked h~s ballot by
scratck~g out the amendment for which he does not wish to vote
SECTION V
The official ballots to be used shall be an complaance wath
appllcable provlslons of Article 6 05 of the Electaon Code of the
State of Texas, as amended
SECTION VI
It is anticipated that additional charter revisions will be
presented to the City Cou-ncll and may be added to the official
ballot to be presented to the voters at the election on Saturday,
the 3rd day of April, 1976, and the official ballot is not pro-
vlded for ~n this ordinance in anticipation that the entire offi-
cial ballot will be presented prior to the 1st day of March, 1976
in a subsequent ordinance
SECTION VII
The purpose of th~s ordinance is that these particular amend-
ments need to be submitted to the Attorney General of the United
States Government under the provls~ons of Section 5 of the Voting
Rights Act Additional amendments may be added to the official
ballot, but the City Council ~n passing th~s particular ordinance
does hereby ordain that these amendments will definitely appear
on the official ballot to be submitted to the electorate on the
3rd day of April, 1976
SECTION VIII
That this ordinance shall take effect and be ~n full force
and effect from and after the date of ~ts passage
PASSED and APPROVED this the ~-~w day of February, A D 1976
CITY oF TpS
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
PAUL C ISHAM~ CITY ATTORNEY
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS