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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 6802 ORDINANCE NO 9 A n 7 AN ORDINANCE ORDERING AN ELECTION OF THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS, ON TUESDAY, THE 3RD DAY OF APRIL, A. D. 1973, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING A MAYOR AND COUNCILMEN FOR SAID CITY. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS : SECTION I. That in compliance with the Charter of the City of Fort Worth and in accordance with the laws and Constitution of the State of Texas, an election be, and the same is hereby, called and ordered for the first Tuesday after the first Monday in April, A. D. 1973, the same being the 3rd day of said month, at which election all qualified voters may vote for the pur- pose of electing a Mayor and Councilmen. SECTION II. That the City Secretary of said City shall prepare ballots to be used in voting machines in said election, on which bal- lots shall be printed the names of the candidates for the po- sition of Mayor and Councilmen. The places of the different candidates shall be designated on the official ballot as Mayor, Place 1, and Member of Council, Place 2, 30 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, respectively. SECTION III. That no person's name shall be placed upon the official ballot as a candidate for the position of Mayor or as a member of the City Council unless such person has filed his sworn ap- plication, as provided by the laws of Texas, with the Mayor and the City Secretary at least thirty (30) days prior to the election date, and it must also appear on the face of said application the number of the place that said candidate is seeking. That no person's name shall be placed upon the official ballot as a candidate for the position of Mayor or as a member of the City Council unless such person has filed a sworn statement, not less than seven (7) nor more than ten (10) days prior to Tuesday, April 3, 1973, of all gifts and loans previously received and of all gifts, loans and payments made, and of all debts and obligations incurred or contracted for future use in behalf of such person's candidacy for office; that the statement must include all gifts, loans, payments, debts and obligations made or incurred, whether before or after the announced or filed candidacy of such person; and that not more than ten (10) days after the 3rd day of April, 1973, each candidate shall also file a supplemental sworn statement of all gifts and loans received prior to the elec- tion and of all gifts, loans and payments made and debts and obligations incurred prior to the election which were not specifically included in the sworn statement filed prior to the election, all as provided for in Article 14.06 of the Election Code of the State of Texas. SECTION IV. That it shall further appear to the said City Secretary, before said candidate's name is entered on said ballot, that he has filed an affidavit of loyalty with the City Secretary, as required by Article 6.02 of the Election Code of the State of Texas. 2 SECTION V. That in the event that there are two or more candidates for the position of Mayor or for the same position and place as a member of the City Council, the order in which the names of such candidates are to be printed on the ballot shall be determined by a drawing to be conducted by the City Secre- tary; that three (3) days prior to the date on which the drawing is to be held, the City Secretary shall post a notice in his office in the City Hall of the time and place of the drawing and shall also give personal notice to any candidate who makes written request therefor and furnishes to the City Secretary a self-addressed stamped envelope; and that each candidate involved in the drawing or a representative desig- nated by him shall have a right to be present and observe the drawing. SECTION VI. That absentee voting shall be on paper ballots, and that each absentee voter shall vote for his choice for candidate for Mayor and for each place as a member of the City Council by placing an "x" in the square beside the name of each can- didate for whom he wishes to vote; provided, however, that if the voter places a plus sign (+) or a check mark (P< or any other mark which clearly shows his intention, in such place, it shall be counted as a vote for that candidate, provided that no more names are thus marked than there are places to be filled. That the failure of a voter to mark his ballot in strict conformity with these directions or failure to vote a full ballot shall not invalidate the ballot, and the ballot - 3 - shall be counted on all races wherein the intention of the voter is clearly ascertainable, except where the law express- ly prohibits the counting of the ballot. That it is spe- cifically provided that the election officers shall not refuse to count an absentee ballot because of the voter's having marked his ballot by scratching out the names of candi- dates for whom he does not wish to vote; and that in this connection the attention of the Absentee Ballot Canvassing Board is directed to the provisions of Article 6.06 of the Election Code of the State of Texas. SECTION VII. That voting machines approved by the Commissioners' Court of Tarrant County, Texas, shall be used at the City Council election on April 3, 1973, in strict compliance with the ap- plicable provisions of Article 7.14 of the Election Code of the State of Texas, as amended, and other applicable provisions of such Election Code. SECTION VIII. That any candidate receiving a majority of all the votes cast for the office for which he is a candidate shall be elected to such office; but that in the event of a tie or in the event that no candidate receives a majority of all the votes cast for the office sought, the Mayor, on the first day after the completion of the official tabulation and canvass of the re- turns, shall issue a call for a second election, as required by law, to be held on the second Tuesday following the issu- ance of such call, at which second election the two candidates receiving the highest number of votes for any such office or - 4 - offices, as the case may be, in the first election at which no one was elected by receiving a majority of all the votes cast for all candidates for such office or offices shall again be voted for. SECTION IX. That the polls shall be kept open from seven o'clock A.M., until seven o'clock P.M., and that due return shall be made to the City Council showing the number of votes cast for and the number of votes cast against each candidate for the position of mayor and for each of the positions of City Coun- cilmen, respectively. SECTION X. That this ordinance shall constitute the proclamation calling and ordering said election; that such notice shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Fort Worth once a week for four (4) weeks prior thereto; and that the said City Secretary is hereby directed to post or cause to be posted said proclamation in each voting pre- cinct at least twenty (20) days before said election. SECTION XI. That the polling places for this election, the personnel of the officers who are to hold the same, and the Absentee Ballot Canvassing Board, except insofar as they may be changed by the City Council of said City, shall be as follows:. - 5 - PRECINCT POLLING PLACE JUDGE 1 Mt. Gilead Baptist Church William Ford 600 Grove Street 2 Lobby - civil courts Building J. L. Haight 4 & 167 Westcreek Elementary School Ms. Marvin Mortensen 3401 Walton 5 East Van Zandt Elementary Dr. A. I. Harris School - 615 Missouri 6 Goodwill Baptist Church Mrs. W. A. Matthews 312 West Cannon 8 & 70 Magnolia Avenue Christian Gladys G. Randles Church - 950 West Magnolia 10 R. Vickery Elementary School Mrs. Lena B. Reynolds 1905 East Vickery 11 Fire Hall Guy M. Brown 3401 Avenue I 12 East Handley Elementary School Mrs. Oney H. Miller 2617 Mims Street 14 & 154 Hubbard Elementary School Oscar Hague 1333 West Spurgeon 15 Brooklyn Heights Elementary Mrs. Robert Cole School - 3800 Valentine 16 W. C. Stripling Middle School Mrs. Margret Paulsel 2100 Clover Lane 17 W. J. Turner Elementary School Mrs. R. T. Anderson 3001 Azle Avenue 19 Riverside Cleaners (Rear) C. H. Linton 108 North Riverside Drive 22 Wedgwood Middle School Darla Mortensen 3909 Wilki Way 24 Garden Acres Baptist Church Y. S. Morgan Stone Road 36, 139, Terminal Building Mrs. Margie Butler 160, 166, Greater Southwest Int'l. Airport 174 & 175 48 Greines Furniture Store Joe M. Lazo 1332 North Main - 6 PRECINCT POLLING PLACE JUDGE 49 Dub's Surplus Store W. T. Fuller 2369 North Main so Washington Heights Elementary Hillery Hardeman, Sr. School - 3215 North Houston 51, 43 Diamond Hill - Jarvis High Louie I. Pratt & 93 School - 1411 Maydell 53 & 45 Community Center Mrs. Gladys Sellers 6501 Shady Dell 54 & 57 Fort Worth Carpet Company Dr. Dorothy Patras 1524 Pennsylvania Avenue 56 St. John Missionery Baptist S. A. Whitaker Church - 1108 East 19th Street 58 New Bethel Baptist Church Mrs. Fred G. Cox 1035 East Annie 59 Carter Metropolitan Church Mrs. W. B. Lacy 1115 Illinois 60 Carpet Center Charlie S. Martinez 1608 8th Avenue 61 Progressive Baptist Church 011ie Reed 1702 Carver Avenue 64 School Administration Annex Ruth Childs 1200 University Drive 66 Tandy Elementary School John Sparks 3400 Purington 67 Denver Avenue Elementary School Vincent Perez 1412 Denver Avenue 68 Sam Rosen Elementary School R. H. (Bob) Bogard 2613 Roosevelt 71 & 84 Fire Hall Mrs. Joe D. Calloway 1601 Lipscomb 73 Mount Pisgah Baptist Church Harold Butler 1801 Evans Avenue 74 D. McRae Elementary School Mrs. Viva Neel 3316 Avenue N 75 Wm. James Middle School Bill Bass 1101 Nashville - 7 PRECINCT POLLING PLACE JUDGE 76 Lily B. Clayton Elementary John Lutz School - 2000 Park Place 77 Fire Hall Ms. Dot Kellam 2804 Lipscomb 78 Mount Olive Baptist Church Lottie Birden 2951 Evans Avenue 79 Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church Mrs. Mable Newton 960 East Baltimore 80 Greater Harvest Church of God John E. Kinney in Christ - 2900 Mitchell 81 Alice E. Carlson Elementary Mrs. Margaret Shiels 3320 West Cantey 82 Riverside Elementary School Richard E. Johnson 420 North Riverside Drive 83 Oaklawn Elementary School Mrs. Charlotte Pernell 3220 Hardeman 85 Rosemont Middle School Mrs. Eddie Miller 1501 West Seminary Drive 86 Fire Hall Mrs. Charles Kelly 1908 Carleton 88 Sagamore Hill Elementary School Mrs. Floyd Huseman 701 Hughes 89 Morningside Elementary School Mrs. Marie Brooks 2601 Evans 90 Progressive Church of God in R. C. Johnson Christ - 1349 East Baltimore 91 Peninsula Club Eva Pruitt Lake Worth 92 Fire Hall Mrs. E. L. Boswell 2400 Prospect 94, 115 Arlington Heights Elementary Ray Guttenfelder & 144 School - 5100 El Campo 95 7illery Grocery & Market Mrs. Bobbie Cunningham ,2202 Forest Park Blvd. 96 & 62 E. M. Daggett Middle School Doren Pulliam 1108 Carlock PRECINCT POLLING PLACE JUDGE 97 George C. Clarke Elementary Mrs. E. F. Storey School - 3300 South Henderson 96 S. S. Dillow Elementary School W. R. Ford 4000 Avenue M 99 Handley Middle School Mrs. D. B. Pridgeon 2925 Haynie 101 & 162 Amon G. Carter High School J. D. "Buddie" Thompson 3301 Yucca 103 North Hi-Mount Elementary Mrs. James McBride School - 3801 West 7th Street 104 Bradley Center Hazelle Newton 2601 Timberline Drive 106 & 152 A. M. Pate Elementary School Charles Gray 3800 Anglin Drive 107 Town Hall Dick Salinas Seminary South Shopping Center 108 R. L. Paschal High School Terrance D. Lambert 3001 Forest Park Blvd. 109 & 124 Oakhurst Elementary School Anne Justice 2700 Yucca 110 & 87 North Side Recreation Center Mrs. George Haynes N.W. 18th & Harrington 113 Providence Baptist Church Leon Harris Route 8, Lake Worth 1 117 � o a�'�(�u� boh/�ej L�Et7�Fd&'Y S14A. T. Adams 4 South Hills Drive 118 Mary Louise Phillips Elementary Gerald M. Curtis School - 3020 Bigham Street 119 Paradise Baptist Church Grace Bass 121 Paradise 120 Como Elmentary School Sopora Hicks 4000 Horne 122 Salvation Army Store J. E. Nelson 2408 Azle Avenue 123 & 18 H. V. Helbing Elementary Mrs. Charlie Faye Blackwood School - 3524 North Crump - 9 - PRECINCT POLLING PLACE JUDGE 125 Harmony Baptist Church O. H. Benton 4917 Bonita Drive 126 Y.M.C.A. Building Obie Boyd 1500 Sandy Lane 127 Dunbar Middle School Garfield Thompson 5100 Willie 129 Ridglea Hills Elementary School Otto A. Dworak 6817 Cumberland Road 130 Tanglewood Elementary School W. B. Todd, Jr. 3060 Overton Park West 132 Eastland Elementary School Robert Carpenter 4108 Eastland 133 Christ Lutheran Church Phil Mortenson 4625 old Granbury Road 134 Westcliff Elementary School Elly Hutcheson 4300 clay 135, 69, Alta Mere Baptist Church Mrs. J. Floyd Blair 105 & 153 3200 Ramona Drive 136, 9 & Wycliff Elementary School L. M. (Jack) Blanks 21 4920 Dilworth 137 & 116 Crestwood Elementary School C. Douglas Dickerson 3600 White Settlement Road 142 Bruce Shulkey Elementary School Mr. Eddie Jo Clark 5533 Whitman 146 & 170 Meadowbrook Recreation Center Mrs. J. E. Hamilton 1815 Jenson Road 149 Glen Park Elementary School Buster W. Terry 3601 Pecos 150, 23 Memorial Christian Church Mrs. E. J. Fitzek & 25 6410 South Freeway 151 St. James Presbyterian church W. E. Pinney 2200 Oakhill Road 155 Rosemont Church of Christ Max Falkowitz 4041 Ryan Avenue 163 J. P. Moore Elementary School Mrs. James H. Kalke 4212 Beldon 10 - PRECINCT POLLING PLACE JUDGE 165 South Hills Elementary School Mrs. Felix Gresham 3009 Bilglade Absentee Balloting shall be conducted by the City Secretary at the City Hall, 1000 Throckmorton Street, Fort Worth, Texas 76102. Absentee Ballot Canvassing Board Dorthera Borgmann Tom Land Blakeney H. Sanders SECTION XII. That said election shall be held under the provisions of the Charter of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, and the Consti- tution and laws of the State of Texas insofar as same may be applicable, and all duly qualified resident electors of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, shall be allowed to vote in said election, and all electors shall vote in the precinct or poll- ing place of their residence, or as provided by law. SECTION XIII. That the City Secretary is hereby ordered and directed to prepare and issue ballots for absentee voting and for voting machines and to stamp same "Official Ballot." SECTION XIV. That the City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth shall furnish election officials said ballots and voting machines, together with any other forms, blanks or instructions in ac- cordance with the Charter of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, and the laws of the State of Texas insofar as same are appli- cable. SECTION XV. That the way and manner of holding this election, the no- tice to be given therefor, the polling places, the personnel and the officers who are to hold same, and all details con- nected with the holding of the election shall be provided for and arranged by the City Secretary; that the proper notice and publication of this notice, proclamation and ordinance shall only be cumulative of and in addition to the statutory notice of said election as herein provided; and that any omission or irregularity in the publication of this notice, proclamation and ordinance, or in the signing of same, shall not in any way affect or invalidate such election. SECTION XVI. That this ordinance, election order, proclamation and no- tice shall take effect and be in full force and effect from and after the date of its passage, and it is so ordained. of the City of Fort Worth, Texas ATTEST: �it(y)'Sec' retary of the City '6f Fort Worth, Texas APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: City Attorney of the City of Fort Worth, Texas - 12 - PASSED AND ADOPTED this the 26th day of February, 1973, at a regular, public meeting of the City Council of the city of Fort Worth. THE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF TARRANT I, Roy A. Bateman, City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct copy of Ordinance No. 6802 , duly presented and adopted by the City Council of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, at a regular session held on the 26th day of February, A. D. 1973, as same appears of record in the Office of the City Secretary. WITNESS MY HAND and the official Seal of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, this the 26th day of February, A. D. 1973. C'j Secretary of the Ci of Fort Worth, Texas - 13 -