Any qualified person may have his name placed on the ballot
for the election as a candidate for mayor or other councilman by filing,
not more than forty-five (45) days and at least thirty (30) days prior
to the election, with the city secretary a sworn application to have
his name placed on the ballot, specifying the office for which he
is filing. Such application shall also contain a statement by the
candidate that he is fully qualified under the laws of this state
and this charter for the office which he seeks.
At an election, every qualified voter of the city shall be entitled
to vote for one candidate for each office to be filled. The candidate
for an office receiving the greatest number of votes shall be elected.
In case of a tie between two or more candidates receiving the greatest
number of votes, the election shall be determined in the manner provided
by the election laws of the State of Texas.
The council shall appoint the election judges and other election
personnel for all city elections, regular and special, unless it delegates
this power to the city secretary. The city secretary shall have such
powers and duties relating to elections as the council may prescribe.
The election judges shall deliver the election returns of every
municipal election, regular or special, forthwith to the council or
to the city secretary or the mayor for transmittal to the council.
The council shall meet within four days after every municipal election,
Sunday excepted, to receive the returns, and shall immediately canvass
the returns and declare the results of the election.
The council shall be the judge of the election and qualifications
of its own members.
The council by ordinance may call special elections and fix
the time thereof; and may submit to the qualified voters of the city,
at regular and special elections, questions and matters in accordance
with this charter and general state law.
All municipal elections, regular and special, shall be governed
by the laws of the state regulating the holding of municipal elections
insofar as they are applicable and in accordance with ordinances which
the council may pass regulating such elections.