ORDER OF ELECTION

 

 

AN ORDER AUTHORIZING A GENERAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 4, 2014, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING COLLEGE STATION INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES POSITION SIX AND POSITION SEVEN, BY THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT; ESTABLISHING EARLY VOTING LOCATIONS AND POLLING PLACES FOR THIS ELECTION; AND MAKING PROVISIONS FOR CONDUCTING THE ELECTION.

 

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE COLLEGE STATION INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT:

 

SECTION 1. A general election is ordered to be held by the College Station Independent School District Board of Trustees at the various polling places and election precincts within the CSISD boundaries, as hereinafter designated, on November 4, 2014 from the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.  This general election will be conducted jointly with Brazos County and will be administered for the School District by the Brazos County Clerk, but this general election is not a county-wide election.  At this election the qualified voters of the School District will elect two Board Members for Place six and Place seven respectively with each position having a term of three years. 

 

SECTION 2.   CSISD Board policy operates its election on a plurality vote, meaning one (1) vote more than an  opponent will declare a winner; thereby, no runoff elections are required;

 

SECTION 3.  The polling places for each precinct for this election shall be as follows:

 

PRECINCT NO.

POLLING PLACE LOCATION

 

1

Millican Community Center

22284 Pierce Street

Millican, Texas

2, 32, 50, 51, 65, 69, 71, 82, 83

Wellborn Community Center

4119 W. Greens Prairie Road College Station, Texas

8

Parkway Baptist Church

1501 Southwest Parkway

College Station, Texas

9

Justice of the Peace, Pct. 3 Office

1500 George Bush Drive

College Station, Texas

10, 80

College Station Fire Station No. 3

1900 Barron Rd.

College Station, Texas

20

Memorial Student Center (MSC), Room 526

Texas A&M Campus, Joe Routt Blvd.

College Station, Texas

21

College Heights Assembly of God

4100 Old College Rd.

Bryan, Texas

24

College Station Fire Station #6

610 University Dr. East

College Station, Texas

29

Pct.4 Volunteer Fire Station (Brushy)

6357 Raymond Stotzer Pkwy

College Station, Texas

31

Larry J. Ringer Library

1818 Harvey Mitchell Parkway College Station, Texas

33, 49, 72, 74

Lincoln Center

1000 Eleanor

College Station, Texas

34

College Station City Hall

1101 Texas Avenue

College Station, Texas

35

College Station ISD Administration Building

1812 Welsh

College Station, Texas

39

St. Francis Episcopal Church

1101 Rock Prairie Road

College Station, Texas

40

Aldersgate Methodist Church

2201 Earl Rudder Freeway

College Station, Texas

41, 59

Christ United Methodist Church

4201 State Highway 6, South

College Station, Texas

42

Bright Light Baptist Church

11234 Hwy. 30

College Station, Texas

28, 68

Peach Creek Community Center

2216 Peach Creek Road

College Station, Texas

 

 

SECTION 4.  Joint early voting shall be conducted by personal appearance and by mail.  The period for early voting by personal appearance for the general election shall be October 20 through October 31, 2014.  Optical scan ballots shall be used for early voting by mail and direct recording electronic voting machines shall be used for early voting by personal appearance.  The Early Voting Clerk for said elections shall be the County Clerk.  She shall determine the number of election workers to be hired and arrange for training of all election workers.  Early voting by personal appearance for the general election shall be conducted jointly at the locations and on the following dates and times specified by the Brazos County Clerk:

 

Brazos County Administration Building – 200 S. Texas Ave., Bryan, Texas

Arena Hall – 2906 Tabor Road, Bryan, Texas

Galilee Baptist Church – 804 N. Logan, Bryan, Texas

College Station Utilities Meeting & Training Facility – 1603 Graham Rod, College Station, Texas

Memorial Student Center - Room 526, A&M Campus, Joe Routt Blvd., College Station, Texas

 

October 20 – October 24                    8:00 am – 5:00 pm

(Monday – Friday)

 

October 25                                          8:00 am – 8:00 pm

(Saturday)

 

October 26                                          10:00 am – 3:00 pm

(Sunday)

 

October 27 - 31                                   8:00 am – 8:00 pm

(Monday – Friday)

 

SECTION 5.  Early voting by mail ballot shall be conducted in accordance with applicable provisions of the Texas Election Code.  The address of 300 E. 26th Street, Suite 120, Bryan, Texas 77803, shall be the early voting clerk's mailing address to which ballot applications and ballots voted by mail may be sent for the School District.

 

SECTION 6.  All early votes and other votes to be processed in accordance with early voting procedures pursuant to the Texas Election Code shall be delivered to the Early Voting Ballot Board at the Brazos County Clerk’s office.  Early votes shall be counted at the central counting station.  The Early Voting Ballot Board shall perform in accordance with applicable provisions of the Election Code.

        

SECTION 7.  A Direct Record Electronic (“DRE”) System, as the term is defined in the Texas Election Code, shall be utilized in connection with the election.  This system shall be utilized for all early voting as well as for all precinct voting conducted on Election Day.  The Brazos County Clerk will appoint a programmer, who shall prepare a program for the automatic tabulating equipment.  Ample voting equipment shall be provided for early voting and in each of the various precincts on Election Day. The central counting station is established as the Brazos Center, 3232 Briarcrest Drive, Bryan, Texas.         

 

SECTION 8.  The Brazos County Clerk will appoint the Early Voting Ballot Board, a Presiding Judge of the Central Counting Station, a Tabulation Supervisor of the Central Counting Station, and a Central Counting Station Manager.

        

SECTION 9.  The election will be held in accordance with the policies of College Station ISD and the laws of the State of Texas.

                

SECTION 10.  Notice of the election, including a Spanish translation thereof, will be published at least once in a newspaper published in College Station on or after October 5, 2014 and on or before October 25, 2014, and will be posted in the display case at College Station ISD Central Administrative Offices  on or before October 14, 2014.

        

SECTION 11. A writ of election as required by the Texas Election Code will be delivered on or before October 20, 2014 by the Brazos County Clerk to the presiding and alternate judges of each election precinct in which the election is ordered to be held.

  

SECTION 12.  Testing of the automatic tabulating equipment will be performed and notice thereof will be given in accordance with Subchapter D of Chapter 127 of the Texas Election Code.

        

SECTION 13. If any portion of this Ordinance is held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining provisions of this Ordinance shall remain in full force and effect.

                                   

SECTION 14.  That this ordinance shall be effective immediately upon adoption.

 

 

            APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Trustees of the College Station Independent School District this 16th  day of September, 2014.

 

                                                                                    COLLEGE STATION ISD:

 

 

                                                                                    __________________________________

                                                                                    Valerie Jochen, Board President

 

ATTEST:

 

 

_____________________________________

Jeff Harris, Board Secretary

 

APPROVED AS TO FORM:

 

 

_____________________________________

Clark Ealy, Superintendent