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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 7503 ORDINANCE NO. 7 503 AN ORDINANCE ORDERING AN ELECTION OF THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS, ON SATURDAY THE 2ND DAY OF APRIL, A. D. 1977, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING THE MAYOR AND COUNCILMEN FOR THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS. 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 Constitution and laws of the State of Texas, an election be and the same is hereby called and ordered for Saturday, April 2nd, A. D. 1977, as authorized by Article 2.O1b, Election Code of the State of Texas, at which election all qualified voters may vote for the purpose of electing a Mayor at large, and eight (8) Councilmen from their respective districts. SECTION II. That the City Secretary of said City shall prepare ballots to be used in voting machines in said election, on which ballots shall be printed the names of the candidates for the at large position of Mayor and the names of the candidates from the re- spective single-member districts for the position of Councilmen. The places of the different candidates shall be designated on the official ballot as Mayor, and Member of Council, Districts 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, respectively. City Council single member districts are described and defined in Ordinances Nos. 7323, 7392 and 7441 on file in the office of the City Secretary. SECTION III. That no person' s name shall be placed on the official ballot as a candidate for the office of Mayor or as a member of the City Council unless such person has filed his sworn application, as required by the laws of Texas, with the Mayor and the City Secretary at least thirty (30) days prior to the election date. There must also appear on the face of said application the single member district wherein said can- didate resides and from which district said candidate is seeking election except that with respect to candidates for the office of Mayor, the election shall be at large. That no person' s name shall be placed on the official ballot as a candidate for the office of Mayor unless such person is a qualified resident elector of the City of Fort Worth. That no person' s name shall be placed on the official ballot as a candidate for membership on the City Council unless such per- son is a qualified elector of the City and shall have resided in the district from which he seeks election for a period of at least six (6) months next preceding April 2, 1977, the date of the election. That no person' s name shall be placed upon the official ballot as a candidate for the office 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 Saturday, April 2, 1977, 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; -2- 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 2nd day of April, 1977, each candidate shall also file a supplemental sworn statement of all gifts and loans received prior to the election 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 14.08 of the Election Code of the State of Texas, as amended. 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, as amended. SECTION V. That in the event that there are two or more candidates for the office of Mayor or two or more candidates from the same single member district for membership on 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 Secretary; that three (3) days prior to the date on which the drawing is to be held, the City Secretary shall post a notice in the City Hall of the time and place of the drawing and shall also give personal notice to any -3- 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 designated by him shall have a right to be present and observe the drawing. SECTION VI. That absentee voting shall be conducted by two methods: (1) Voting by personal appearance at the Fort Worth City Hall, 1000 Throckmorton Street, Fort Worth, Texas 76102, and (2) Voting by mail. 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 ( ) , or any other mark which clearly shows his intention, in such place, it shall be counted as a vote for that candidate, pro- vided 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 shall be counted on all races wherein the intention of the voter is clearly ascertainable, except where the law ex- pressly prohibits the counting of the ballot. That it is specifically provided that the election officers shall not refuse to count an absentee ballot because of the voter' s -4- having marked his ballot by scratching out the names of can- didates 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 2, 1977, 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 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 returns, shall issue a call, proclamation and notice for a second election, as required by law, to be held on the second Saturday following the issuance of such call, at which second election the two candidates receiving the highest num- ber of votes for any such office or offices, as the case may be, in the first election at which no one was elected by re- ceiving a majority of all the votes cast for all candidates for such office or offices, shall again be voted for. -5- 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 office of Mayor and each candidate for membership on the City Council, respectively. SECTION X. That this ordinance shall constitute the proclamation, call, notice and ordinance calling and ordering said election; that same shall be published in a newspaper of general cir- culation 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 procla- mation, call, notice and ordinance in each voting precinct, or at the polling place of combined voting precincts, at least twenty 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: PRECINCT POLLING PLACE JUDGE 1 Mt. Gilead Baptist Church John Heath 600 Grove Street 2 Lobby-Civil Courts Building Michael Daniels -6- PRECINCT POLLING PLACE JUDGE 4 Westcreek Elementary School Harold D. Levy 3401 Walton 5 East Van Zandt Elementary Dr. A. I. Harris School 615 Missouri Avenue 6 Goodwill Baptist Church Mrs. W. A. Matthews 312 West Cannon 8 Educational Building-College Mrs. Gladys Randle Avenue Baptist Church 1329 College Avenue 10 R. Vickery Elementary School Mrs. Lena B. Reynolds 1905 East Vickery 11 Fire Hall Mrs. J. W. Simmons 3401 Avenue I 12, 188 East Handley Elementary School Mrs. Polly McDowell 2617 Mims 14 Hubbard Elementary School Oscar Hague 1333 West Spurgeon 15 Brooklyn Heights Elementary Webb M. Joiner School 3700 Valentine 16 W. C. Stripling Middle School Nat M. Wilson 2200 Clover Lane 17 St. Thomas Church Library James W. Lyon 2920 Azle Avenue 19 Immanuel Baptist Church C. H. Linton 3812 Galvez 22 J. T. Stevens Elementary Fred A. Lusk School 6161 Wrigley Way 24 Garden Acres Baptist Church Y. S. Morgan Stone Rd. 36, 175 Lobby-American Airlines Mrs. Mary Stults Hangar G. S. I. A. 48 Greines Furniture Store Joe M. Lazo 1332 North Main 49 Dub' s Surplus Store Phil Jones 2527 North Main -7- PRECINCT POLLING PLACE JUDGE 50, 18 Washington Heights Elementary Hillery Hardeman Sr. School 3215 N. Houston 51, 40, 43, Diamond Hill Jarvis High School Louie I. Pratt 93, 192 1411 Maydell 53, 138 Northwest Baptist Church Dave Choate 5500 Boat Club Road 54 Fort Worth Carpet Co. Mary Byrne 1524 Pennsylvania Ave. 56 First St. John Baptist Church S. A. Whitaker 1108 East 19th St. 57 St. Paul' s Lutheran Church Anne Morrow 1800 West Freeway 58 Aquarium Club Mrs. Fred G. Cox 1117 East Hattie 59 Carter Metropolitan Church Mrs. L. M. Williams 1115 Illinois A .- �r 60 taaadard Office Supply Co. Charlie Martinez 1620 8th Avenue 61 Progressive Baptist Church 011ie Reed 1702 Carver 63, 121, Sleepy Hollow Mobile Home Doyle C. Fine 125 Park 1170 Sleepy Hollow Dr. 64 School Administration Bldg. Jesse D. Sandoval (Hall) 3210 West Lancaster 66 Tandy Elementary School John H. Sparks, III 3400 Purington 67 Denver Avenue Elementary Vincent Perez School 1412 Denver Avenue 68 Sam Rosen Elementary School Nina Dotson 2613 Roosevelt 70 Fire Hall Fred C. Bowen South Lake & Rosedale 71, 84 De Zavalo Elementary School Mrs. Joe D. Calloway 1419 College Avenue 73 Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church Mrs. Johnnie M. Griggs 1801 Evans Avenue -8- PRECINCT POLLING PLACE JUDGE 74 D. Mac Rae Elementary School Mrs. Minnie Locker 3316 Avenue N 75 William James Middle School H. T. Anderson 1101 Nashville 76 Lily B. Clayton Elementary Patricia C. Morton School 2000 Park Place 77 Fire Hall Joe Pyle 2804 Lipscomb 79 Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church Mrs. Mable Newton 960 East Baltimore 80 Greater Harvest Church of God John E. Kinney in Christ 2902 Mitchell 81 Alice E. Carlson Elementary Ben Proctor School 3320 West Cantey 82, 109, Riverside Elementary School Richard E. Johnson 198 420 North Riverside Dr. 83 Oaklawn Elementary School Mrs. Charlotte Pernell 3220 Hardeman 85 Rosemont Middle School Mrs. Harry (Eddie) Miller 1501 West Seminary 86 Fire Hall David 0. Belew, Jr. 1908 Carleton 87 I. 0. 0. F. Hall Rita Evelyn Renfro 1900 Gould 88 Sagamore Hill Elementary Robert J. (Bob) Carpenter School 701 Hughes 89, 78 Morningside Elementary School Mrs. Marie Brooks 2601 Evans 90 Progressive Church of God in R. C. Johnson Christ 1349 East Baltimore 91, 65 Lake Worth Boat & Marina Mrs. Eva Pruitt 4401 Marina Dr. 92 Fire Hall Mrs. E. L. Boswell 24th and Prospect -9- PRECINCT POLLING PLACE JUDGE 120 Como Elementary School Sopora Hicks 4000 Horne 122 W. J. Turner Elementary School J. E. Nelson 3001 Azle Avenue 123 H. V. Helbing Elementary Charlie Fae Blackwood School 3524 N. Crump 124 Mid-Town Church of Christ H. B. Bruce 1701 Oakhurst Scenic Dr. 126 Y. M. C. A. Building J. Harry Bruton 1501 Sandy Lane 127 Dunbar Middle School Clifford Davis 5100 Willie 129 Ridglea Hills Elementary School Sam Keith, Jr. 6817 Cumberland Rd. 130 Central Methodist Church Charlie Hillard 5001 Briarhaven Rd. 132 Eastland Elementary School James L. Crane 4108 Eastland 133 Christ Lutheran Church Lloyd Scurlock 4625 Old Granbury Rd. 134 B. H. Carroll Elementary Kenneth W. Neal, Jr. School 3908 McCart 135, 20, Westridge Baptist Church Mrs. Bob Warren 69, 111 9001 Weatherford Highway 136, 9, 21 Wycliff Elementary School Jack W. Grigsby 4920 Dilworth 142 Bruce C. Shulkey Elementary Betty Card School 5533 Whitman 146 Eastern Hills High School R. Allan Dillard 5701 Shelton 149, 184 Glen Park Elementary School Mrs. Buster Terry 3601 Pecos 150, 23, Hillside Memorial Christian W. G. Beasley 25, 29 Church 6410 South Freeway -11- PRECINCT POLLING PLACE JUDGE 94 Arlington Heights Elementary Harry Laue School 5100 El Campo 95 Tillery' s Grocery & Market Dee Finley, Jr. 2202 Forest Park Blvd. 96, 62 E. M. Daggett Middle School Doren Pulliam 1108 Carlock 97 George C. Clarke Elementary Joe J. Johnson, Jr. School 3300 South Henderson 98 S. S. Dillow Elementary School Frank Esca.lante 4000 Avenue N 99 Handley Middle School Frank Barron 2925 Haynie 101 Amon G. Carter High School H. E. "Robbie" Robinson 3301 Yucca 103 North High Mount School Joe L. Orr 3801 West 7th 104 Bradley Center Gerald Summerford 2601 Timberline Dr. 105 Southwest High School T. Grover Swift, Jr. 4100 Alta Mesa 106, 152 A. M. Pate Elementary School Leola Pruitt 3800 Anglin Dr. 107 Carter Park Church of Christ Mrs. John R. Johnson 1174 Amspoker 108 R. L. Paschal High School Harry G. Steinert 3001 Forest Park Blvd. 110 Northside Recreation Center Mrs. Estelle. Hughey N. W. 18th & Harrington 113 Herod Drive Baptist Church Mrs. G. W. Griggs Rt. 8, Lake Worth 116, 137 Central Christian Church Ralph M. Hester 451 North Bailey 117 Blue Bonnett Elementary School Victor Tinsley 3201 South Hills Ave. 118, 115 Mary Louise Phillips Mrs. Frank Taylor Elementary School 3020 Bigham 119 Corinth Baptist Church Mrs. Grace Bass 2704 Ennis -10- PRECINCT POLLING PLACE JUDGE 151, 197 White Lake Private School John Wood 199 501 Oakland 154 East St. Pauls Baptist Church Mrs. Opal Bonner 1305 Savage 155 Rosemont Church of Christ Wm. M. "Bill" Hampton 4041 Ryan Avenue 162, 141 Bonnie Brae Elementary School Mrs. B. F. Stapleton 3600 Fossil Drive 163 J. P. Moore Elementary School Jon M. Pierce 4212 Belden 165 South Hills Elementary School Rosalie Dowdy 3009 Bilglade 167 Edgepark Methodist Church Maurice J. Puma 5616 Crowley Rd. 170 Meadowbrook Middle School Leona K. Seemann 2001 Ederville Rd. 178 Southwestern Baptist Radio & Mrs. Albert .Di ano T V Bldg. 6350 West Freeway 179 R. D. Evans Recreation Center John C. Peterson 3242 Lackland Rd. 182 Tanglewood Elementary School Gloria Dunson 3060 Overton Park Dr. West 185 Meadowbrook Recreation Center Mrs. Don Gladden 1815 Jenson Rd. 187 St. Joseph' s School of Nursing Sherri Denise Jackson (Auditorium) 1551 South Main 195 South Fort Worth Elementary Max Falkowitz School 900 Fogg 201 Trinity Room Town Hall Dick E. Salinas Seminary South Shopping Center —12— 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 J. P. Wood Mrs. James H. Kahlke SECTION XII. That the single member districts and precincts therein (described and defined with particularity in Ordinances Nos. 7323, 7392 and 7441) are as follows: DISTRICT 2- General Area: Northside Precincts in District: 1, 2, 18, 40, 43, 48, 49, 50, 51, 67, 68, 87, 92, 93, 101, 110, 123, 124, 141, 162, 192 DISTRICT 3: General Area: Far West Precincts in District: 9, 20, 21, 53, 65, 69, 91, 111, 113, 115, 118, 129, 130, 135, 136, 138, 163, 178, 179 DISTRICT 4: General Area: Meadowbrook - poly Precincts in District: 11, 19, 36, 55, 66, 74, 75, 82, 881 99, 109, 126, 146, 151, 170, 175, 185, 197, 198, 199 DISTRICT 5• General Area: Stop Six - Southeast Precincts in District: 12, 80, 83, 98, 106, 127, 132, 149, 152, 184, 188 -13- DISTRICT 6: General Area: Far South Precincts in District: 4, 14, 22, 23, 24, 25, 29, 85, 105, 107, 142, 150, 155, 167, 195, 201 DISTRICT 7: General Area: Near West Precincts in District: 15, 16, 17, 57, 63, 64, 86, 94, 103, 116, 120, 121, 122, 125, 137 DISTRICT 8- General Area: Central - East Precincts in District: 5, 6, 10, 56, 58, 59, 61, 73, 78, 79, 89, 90, 104, 119, 154, 187 DISTRICT 9: General Area: Near Southside - TCU Precincts in District: 8, 54, 60, 62, 70, 71, 76, 77, 81, 84, 95, 96, 97, 108, 117, 133, 134, 165, 182 Only qualified electors residing within the boundary of District No. 2 shall be eligible to vote for a candidate for Member of Council, Place No. 2. Only qualified electors residing within the boundary of District No. 3 shall be eligible to vote for a candidate for Member of Council, Place No. 3. Only qualified electors residing within the boundary of District No. 4 shall be eligible to vote for a candidate for Member of Council, Place No. 4. Only qualified -14- electors residing within the boundary of District No. 5 shall be eligible to vote for a candidate for Member of Council, Place No. 5. Only qualified electors residing within the boundary of District No. 6 shall be eligible to vote for a candidate for Member of Council, Place No. 6. Only qualified electors residing within the boundary of District No. 7 shall be eligible to vote for a candidate for Member of Council, Place No. 7. Only qualified elec- tors residing within the boundary of District No. 8 shall be eligible to vote for a candidate for Member of Council, Place No. 8. Only qualified electors residing within the boundary of District No. 9 shall be eligible to vote for a candidate for Member of Council, Place No. 9. No qualified elector of the City shall be eligible to vote for a candidate for Member of the City Council of the City of Fort Worth from other than the district of residency of such elector. All qualified electors of the City shall be eligible to vote for candidates for the office of Mayor. SECTION XIII. That said election shall be held under the provisions of the Charter of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, and the Con- stitution and laws of the State of Texas insofar as same may be applicable, and all duly qualified resident electors of each respective single member district shall be allowed to vote in the mayoralty election on candidates for the office of Mayor. Each and every candidate for Mayor or Member of the City Council of the City of Fort Worth shall be a qual- -15- ified elector of the City. In addition, each candidate for Member of Council, Places Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 shall be a resident of and shall have resided in the district from which election is sought for a period of at least six (6) months next preceding the date of the City Council election. SECTION XIV. 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 XV. 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 accord- ance with the Charter of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, and the laws of the State of Texas insofar as same are applicable. SECTION XVI. That the way and manner of holding this election, the notice 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. -16 SECTION XVII. 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. 0 May � the City of Fort Worth Texas ATTEST: City Secretary 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 22 day of � ;k.ua,�v 1977, at a regular, public meeting of the City Council of the City of Fort Worth. -17- THE STATE OF TEXAS § COUNTY OF TARRANT § I, Jack W. Green, 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. S® , duly presented and adopted by the City Council of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, at a regular session held on the 22 day of Fu-- �Ke1nv A. D. 1977, 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 226't day of VLA A VIA- A. D. 1977. CSecretary of the/ city of Fort Worth, Texas -18-