The city council shall each be elected from his or her district, by a plurality vote of the qualified voters residing in that district, voting at an election or elections held for that purpose. The mayor shall be elected from the city at large.
(Amend. of 1/23/68; Ordinance 924, sec. 1, adopted 6/16/92)
The council shall be the judge of any contest of any election held and shall on the next regular meeting day of said council, after each regular or special election, canvass the returns and declare the results of such election.
The regular municipal election of the City of Mexia, shall be held on the earliest date in the calendar year which is a uniform municipal election date as determined by the Texas Election Code, as it may be from time to time amended.
(Ordinance 2011-02-05, pt. 1(a), adopted 2/15/11)
All elections held in the City of Mexia, except the regular election held on the first Tuesday in April, A.D. 1925, and on said day every year thereafter shall be called “special election,” and said elections shall be conducted and duly canvassed and announced by the election authorities as prescribed by the general election laws of the State of Texas, and the general election laws shall control in all municipal elections, except as otherwise herein provided.
Any qualified person who desires to become a candidate for election to a place on the city council shall file with the city secretary at least thirty (30) days prior to the election day an application for his name to appear on the ballot. Candidates for city council may also be nominated by petition of one hundred (100) qualified voters to be filed with the city secretary at least thirty (30) days prior to the election day provided the candidate signs the petition certifying his acceptance. Such application shall clearly designate by number the place on the city council to which the candidate seeks election and shall contain a sworn statement by the candidate that he is fully qualified under the laws of Texas and the provisions of this Charter to hold the office he seeks.
(Amend. of 1/23/68)
For every regular election called to fill places on the city council, the city secretary shall place upon the official ballot the name of every candidate who shall file an application which complies with the provisions of this Charter. The council places to be filled shall be placed on the ballot in numerical order. The name of each candidate shall be placed on the ballot under the designated place for which he shall have filed, and in such manner that the names of the candidates for each place shall be clearly separate and distinguishable from the names of the candidates for every other council place. The order on the ballot of the names of the candidates for each respective council place shall be determined by lot in a drawing to be held under the supervision of the city secretary, at which drawing each candidate or his named representative shall have a right to be present.
(Amend. of 1/23/68)
Editor’s note–The provisions of former section 7 were repealed pursuant to an amendment by Ord. 92-4, adopted June 16, 1992, approved at an election held Aug. 8, 1992. The repealed provisions pertained to the election by majority and runoff elections for the city council members, and derived from a charter amendment adopted Jan. 23, 1968.