§ 7.08. Conducting and canvassing elections; runoff elections.

The election judges and other necessary election officials for conducting all such elections shall be appointed by the City Council. The election judges shall conduct the elections, determine, record and report the results as provided by the general election laws of the State of Texas. In accordance with the provisions of the Texas Election Code, the City Council shall meet after election day, open the returns, canvass and officially declare the results of the election as to candidates and questions and issue certificates of election to candidates elected as hereinbefore provided. In the event no candidate for a given office has received the necessary majority, the Mayor shall, on the first day following the completion of the official canvas, call a second election to be held on a date authorized for such purpose by State law as adopted by resolution of the City Council. At the second election, the ballot shall list the names of the two (2) candidates receiving the first and second highest number of votes for a given office (in the first election) in the order determined in a drawing of lots conducted by the City Council. Should one of such candidates withdraw, die, or become ineligible, the other shall be declared elected to office without a second election. Any tie shall be decided by lot. All elections shall be governed by the Texas Election Code and the laws applicable to municipal elections.

(Amd. no. 13, 1-15-1983; amd. no. 19, 1-21-1989; amd. no. 2, 5-1-1999; Ord. No. 3240, Exh. A, 8-20-2013 ; Ord. No. 3252, Exh. A, 11-19-2013 )