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Editor's note–Article III, Section 7, Availability of list of qualified, registered voters, was deleted by Resolution 4442 adopted May 6, 2003.
(a) 
Regular elections.
Regular elections shall be held annually on the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November to fill those offices becoming vacant that year.
(b) 
Qualified voters.
All citizens qualified by the Constitution and Laws of the State of Texas to vote in the city and who satisfy the requirements for registration prescribed by law shall be qualified voters of the city within the meaning of this charter, provided that the citizen must have resided inside the corporate limits of the City of Sherman for at least a thirty (30) day period prior to any election.
(c) 
Conduct of elections.
Except as otherwise provided by this charter, the provisions of the Election Code of the State of Texas shall apply to elections held under this charter. All elections provided for by the charter shall be conducted by the election authorities established by law. For the conduct of city elections, for the prevention of fraud in such elections, and for the recount of ballots in cases of doubt or fraud, the council shall adopt by ordinance all regulations which it considers desirable, consistent with law and this charter.
(d) 
Special elections.
The council may by ordinance order a special election, fix the time for holding same, and provide all means for holding such special election which shall be held as nearly as practicable according to the provisions for regular elections.
(e) 
Failure to act.
In the case of the failure of the council to act, the election may be ordered by the director of public records, and, in case of his or her failure to act, by the County Judge of Grayson County, Texas, and, in case of his or her failure to act, by the Governor of the State of Texas. The director of public records shall give notice of such election by causing said notice to be published not earlier than the 30th day nor later than the 10th day before election day on the City's official website.
(Ordinance 4267, sec. 2, adopted 1/16/93; Subsec. (a) amnd. by amendment 1 approved at an election held November 2, 2010 and certified by Resolution 5535 adopted 11/15/10; Ordinance 6245 adopted 9/3/19)
Any person who attests the eligibility herein stated and who desires to become a candidate for mayor or member of the council shall file with the city clerk a sworn application containing his or her correct name for a designated place on the ballot as required by state law. Such candidate shall comply with the requirements of all laws of the State of Texas which prescribe procedures for the filing of candidates for elective municipal office, and the provisions of this charter.
(Ordinance 4267, sec. 2, adopted 1/16/93; Resolution 4442 adopted 5/6/03; Ordinance 6245 adopted 9/3/19)
The election ballot shall list in sequence the office of mayor followed by Place 1, Place 2, District 1, District 2, District 3 and District 4, as applicable, for each election year. The names of all candidates for the mayor and council as contained in their applications, and as hereinbefore provided, except such as may have withdrawn, died, or become ineligible, shall be listed under the position sought and printed on the official ballot without party designations. If two (2) candidates with the same surname, or with names so similar as to likely cause confusion, are nominated, the address of their places of residence shall be placed with their names on the ballot. The order of the names for each position shall be determined by lot. The official ballot shall be printed not less than twenty (20) days before the date of the election.
(Ordinance 4745, sec. 2, adopted 3/8/99)
(a) 
Elections and declaring results.
The returns of every municipal election shall be delivered forthwith by the election judges to the city clerk. The council shall canvass the returns, certify the qualifications of the candidates, and declare the official results of the election in accordance with the Texas Election Code. The qualified person for the office of mayor receiving a majority of the qualified votes polled at this election shall thereupon be declared by the council to have been elected. The qualified person for the office of councilmember, for their place or district, receiving the greatest number of qualified votes polled at this election shall thereupon be declared by the council to have been elected. In the event no candidate receives a majority vote for the office of mayor or a tie vote occurs for the office of councilmember, based upon the qualified votes polled at such regular election for the office for which he or she is a candidate, the council shall immediately order a special election to be held in accordance with the Texas Election Code. At such special election, the two candidates receiving the highest number of votes for the office of mayor at the regular election and the candidates receiving a tie vote at the regular election for the office of councilmember shall be submitted for the election, and the candidate receiving the majority of votes at such special election for the position for which he or she was a candidate shall be declared duly elected.
(b) 
Notification and qualification of city officers.
It shall be the duty of the officer of public records to promptly notify all persons elected or appointed to office of their election or appointment. Any officer elected or appointed must qualify by taking and subscribing his or her oath of office within thirty (30) days; otherwise, the office shall be vacant.
(Ordinance 3048, sec. 2(15), adopted 4/5/75; Ordinance 4267, sec. 2, adopted 1/16/93; Resolution 4442 adopted 5/6/03; Ordinance 5918 adopted 12/7/15)
A charter amendment to be voted on by the city shall be presented for voting by ballot title. The ballot title of an amendment shall be a clear, concise statement describing the substance of the proposal without argument or prejudice. Below the ballot title shall appear the proposed amendment with the section to be amended indicated by strikeout type and the new section indicated by italics. Immediately below such proposed amendment shall appear, in the following order, the words "for" and "against," with a blank oval beside each word, one of which is to be filled in indicating the voter's choice. A charter amendment election may not be held earlier than every two years.
(Resolution 4442 adopted 5/6/03; Ordinance 6245 adopted 9/3/19)