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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 6435 ORDINANCE NO. 6435 AN ORDINANCE ORDERING AN ELECTION OF THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS, ON TUESDAY, THE 6TH DAY OF APRIL, A. D. 1971, 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. 1971, the same being the 6th 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, 3, 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 6, 1971, 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 6th day of April, 1971, each candidate shall also file a supplemental sworn state- ment of all gifts and loans received prior to the election and of all gifts, loans and payments made and debts and ob- ligations 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 14.08 of the Election Code of the State of Texas. SECTION IV. That it shall further appear to the said City Secretary, be- fore 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 (sel , 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 -3- full ballot shall not invalidate the ballot, and the ballot 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 re- fuse to count an absentee ballot because of the voter's hav- ing 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 6, 1971, in strict compliance with the applicable provisions of Article 7.14 of the Election Code of the State of Texas, as amended, and other applicable pro- visions 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 com- pletion of the official tabulation and canvass of the returns, shall issue a call for a second election, as required by law, to he held on the second Tuesday following the issuance of such -4- call, at which second election the two candidates receiving the highest number of votes for any such office or 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 elections 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 precinct 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- 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 -12- of said election as herein provided, and that any omission or irregularity in the publication of this notice, procla- mation and ordinance, or in the signing of same, shall not in any way affect or invalidate such election. SECTION XV1. That this ordinance, election order, proclamation and notice 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 ATTES t yfsecretary of the City of Fort Worth, Texas APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY-, City Attorney of the City of Fort Worth, Texas PASSED AND ADOPTED this the 22nd day of February, 1971, at a regular, public meeting of the City Council of the City of Fort Worth. -13- 1, IN A iY 1IU I.%N, City Secre•,ary of the "ity o! Fort ,.orth, `lex_,s, do hereby certify that the above and fo-regoiug is a true and carrect copy of Ordinance No W34, atily presented and --dopted by tt.e City Cotuicil of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, at a regular session i:cld on the 22nd day of February, A, D. 1971, as sane appears of record in tine Office of the City Secretary I-IT\TSS '.1Y RAND and the Offici of the Civ, of Dort. Ykar.:>, Texas, `his the 22nd day of ?gel ovary, A, D, 19r1, 44rcla o tTic�` C ty Fort orth, Texas PRECINCT POLLING PLACE JUDGE 1 Mt. Gilead Baptist church Frank Leab 600 Grove Street 2 Lobby - Civil Courts Bldg. J. L. Haight 4 & 167 Westcreek Elementary School Harold D. Levy 3401 Walton 5 East Van Zandt School Dr. A. I. Harris 615 Missouri 6 Church - 312 West Cannon Mrs. W. A. Matthews 7 Ernest Parker Junior High Joseph Becan School - 1015 S. Jennings 8 Magnolia Avenue Christian W. E. Randles Church - 950 West Magnolia 10 R. Vickery Elementary School Mrs. Lena B. Reynolds 1905 East Vickery 11 Fire Hall - 3401 Avenue I Mrs. J. W. Simmons 12 East Handley Elementary School Mrs. S. R. Hill 2617 Mims Street 14 & 154 Hubbard Elementary School B� K. Wilkerson 1333 West Spurgeon 15 Brooklyn Heights Elementary W. M. Joiner School - 3800 Valentine 16 W. C. Stripling Junior High Morton L. Franklin School - 2100 Clover Lane 17 W. J. Turner Elementary School Frank Prochaska 3001 Azle Avenue 19 Riverside Cleaners (Rear) C. H. Linton 108 North Riverside Drive 22 Wedgwood Junior High School Robert M, Chenault 3909 wilki Way 24 Garden Acres Baptist Church Y. S. Morgan Stone Road 36, 139, Terminal Building Mrs. Frank Randolph 160 & 166 Greater Southwest Int'l. Airport -6- PRECINCT POLLING PLACE JUDGE 45 Community Center David Choate 6501 Shady Dell 48 Greines Furniture Store Joe M. Lazo 1332 North Main 49 Dub's Surplus Store W� T. Fuller 2369 North Main 50 Washington Heights Elementary Hillery Hardeman School - 3215 North Houston 51 & 93 Diamond Hill Elementary School Louie I. Pratt 2901 Hutchinson 53 Light House for the Blind Mittie Lightfoot 912 West Broadway 54 Fort Worth Carpet Co. Miss Louise Hudson 1524 Pennsylvania 56 St. John Missionary Baptist S� A. Whitaker Church - 1108 East 19th Street 57 St. Paul's Lutheran Church H. G. Wells 1800 West Freeway 58 New Bethel Baptist Church Mrs. Fred G. Cox 1035 East Annie 59 Carter Metropolitan Church Mrs. Lillie Mae Woodard 1115 Illinois 60 Sth Avenue Baptist Church Mrs. J. F. Devaney 1425 Eighth Avenue 61 Progressive Baptist Church 011ie Reed 1702 Carver 62 E-, M. Daggett Elementary School Martha Sue Parr 958 Page Street 64 School Administration Building Kenneth M. Henderson 1200 University Drive 66 Tandy Elementary School C. L. Cleaver 3400 Purington 67 Denver Avenue Elementary School Vincent Perez 1412 Denver Avenue -7- PRECINCT POLLING PLACE JUDGE 68 Sam Rosen Elementary School R. H. (Bob) Bbgard 2613 Roosevelt 69 & 153 Saddle Shop Jack F. Moore 9812 U.S , Highway 80 West 70 Cartel: Blood Center Cecil B. Collyns 1263 West Rosedale 71 & 84 Fire Station Mrs. Clarence Farmer 1601 Lipscomb 73 Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church Mrs. Fontainette Barnes 1881 Evans Avenue 74 D. McRae Elementary School Mrs. Viva Neel 3316 Avenue N 75 Wm. James Junior High School Ed L. Sorrels 1101 Nashville 76 Lily B. Clayton School Mrs. R. R. Cheatham 2000 Park Place 77 Fire Station John S. McClave 2804 Lipscomb 78 Mt. olive Baptist Church Betty Curby 2951 Evans Avenue 79 Beauty Shop Mable Newton 2304 Evans Avenue 80 Greater Harvest Church of God Tommy E. Young in Christ - 2902 Mitchell Blvd. 81 Alice E. Carlson Elementary Ben H. Proctor School - 3320 W. Cantey 82 Riverside Elementary School Richard E. Johnson 420 North Riverside Drive 83 Oaklawn Elementary School Mrs. Charlotte Pernell 3220 Hardeman 85 Rosemont Junior High School Mrs. Harry Miller 1501 West Seminary 86 Fire Station -, 1908 Carlton Mrs. Geraldine Meyers -8- PRECINCT POLLING PLACE JUDGE 87 I,O.O.F. Hall Rita Renfro 1900 Gould 88 Sagamore Hill School Joe J. Johnson, Sr. 701 Hughes 89 Morningside Elementary School Mrs. Marie Brooks 2601 Evans Avenue 90 Progressive Church of God Ro C, Johnson in Christ - 1349 E. Baltimore 91 Peninsula Club Mrs. Eva Pruitt Lake Worth 92 Fire Station Mrs. E. L. Boswell 2400 Prospect 94, Arlington Heights Elementary Mrs. Harry Laue 115 & 144 School - 5100 El Campo 95 Tillery Grocery & Market Mrs. George Merrill 2202 Forest Park Blvd. 96 E. M. Daggett Elementary Doren Pulliam School - 1108 Carlock 97 George C. Clarke School Thomas R. High 3300 South Henderson 98 S. S. Dillow School Wz R. Ford 4000 Avenue N 99 Handley Junior High School Frank Barron 2925 Haynie 101 & 162 Amon G- Carter High School J. D. "Buddie" Thompson 3301 Yucca 103 North Hi-Mount School Mrs. Tony Clark 3801 West 7th Street 104 Bradley Center Wayne Newton 2601 Timberline Drive 105 Meadowbrook Junior High School Mrs. C. W. Storrer 2001 Ederville Road 106 & 152 A. M. Pate Elementary school Leola Pruitt 3800 Anglin Drive -9- PRECINCT POLLING PLACE JUDGE 107 Town Hall - Seminary South Dick Salinas Shopping Center 108 R. L. Paschal High School Harry G. Steinert 3001 Forest Park Blvd. 109 Oakhurst School Mrs. L. W. Baker 2700 Yucca 110 North Side Recreation Center Mrs. George Haynes 19th & Homan Streets 113 Providence Baptist Church Mrs. C. C. Witt Route 8, Lake Worth 116 Central Christian Church Ralph Hester West 4th & Bailey 117 Bluebonnet Elementary School Victor Tinsley 3201 South Hills Avenue 118 Mary Louise Phillips Elementary Ed Sampson, Jr. School -- 3020 Bigbam 119 Paradise Baptist Church Mrs. Grace Bass 121 Paradise 120 Como Elementary School Mrs. Sopora Hicks 4000 Horne 122 Salvation Army Store Mrs. J. E. Nelson 2406 Azle Avenue 123 & 18 H. V. Helbing Elementary School Mrs. Charlie Blackwood 3524 North Crump 124 Dale D. White Residence Dale D. white 2508 Marigold 125 Harmony Baptist Church H. 0. Benton 4417 Bonita Drive 126 Y,M.C.A. Building J. Harry Bruton 1500 Sandy Lane 127 Dunbar Junior High School Garfield Thompson 5100 Willie 129 Ridglea Hills Elementary School Otto Dworak 6817 Cumberland Road -10- PRECINCT POLLING PLACE JUDGE 130 Tanglewood Elementary School Mrs. B. L. Allard 3060 Overton Park West 132 Eastland Elementary School Robert E. Carpenter 4108 Eastland 133 Christ Lutheran Church Lloyd Scurlock 4625 Old Granbury Road 134 Westcliff Elementary School Mrs, C. C. Blackwell 4300 Clay 135 Alta Mere Baptist Church Mrs. L. R. Purselley 3200 Ramona Drive 136, 9 Wycliff Elementary School L. M. "Jack" Blanks & 21 4920 Dilworth 137 Crestwood Elementary School Estil Vance, Jr. 3600 White Settlement Road 142 Bruce C.. Sbulkey Elementary H. E. (Hank) Naschke School - 5533 Whitman 146 & 170 Meadowbrook Park Golf Course Mrs. Edmund Koch Meadowbrook Park (1815 Jenson Rd,) 149 & 13 Glen Park Elementary School Buster W. Terry 3601 Pecos 150, 23 Memorial Christian Church W. G. Beasley & 25 6410 So, Freeway 151 St. James Presbyterian Church D. D, Autrey 2200 Oak Hill Road 155 Rosemont Church of Christ Max Falkowitz 4041 Ryan Avenue 163 J. P. Moore Elementary School Mary Jane Walters 4212 Belden 165 South Hills Elementary School Edgar Wright 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 Tom Land Blakeney H. Sanders Earl Heath -11-