CC MEETING: February 4, 2020
DATE: January 23, 2020
TO: Erin Rinehart, City Manager
FROM: Laurie Wilson, City Secretary/Admin. Services Director
Title
Consider An Ordinance Ordering The General Election On May 2, 2020 To Elect A Mayor And Council Places 2, 4 & 6.
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BACKGROUND:
In accordance with the State Election Code, the General Election will be held on Saturday, May 2, 2020. The following City Council seats will expire May 2020 and will be up for election: the Mayor and Council Places 2, 4 and 6. Polling locations will be open 7 am to 7 pm on Election Day.
The first day to file for a place on the ballot was Wednesday, January 15 and the last day is Friday, February 14. The last day to declare as a write-in candidate is Tuesday, February 18.
The City of Carrollton contracts Elections with the County Elections Administration Offices. In 2019, Dallas County Elections Administration was approved to implement Countywide Vote Centers for Elections within Dallas County. Collin County also uses Vote Centers. Vote Centers allow registered voters within a county to vote at any Vote Center in their county during Early Voting and on Election Day which includes locations outside of the City. Denton County has not yet moved to Vote Centers so Denton County voters will need to vote at their precinct on Election Day. Polling locations will be determined as specified in the Elections contracts with each county. All Election details including polling hours, locations, and ballot information, will be listed on each county’s Elections Administration webpage which are as follows
Dallas County - dallascountyvotes.org
Denton County - votedenton.com
Collin County - collincountytx.gov/elections
STAFF RECOMMENDATION/ACTION DESIRED:
Staff recommends approval of the attached ordinance calling the May 2, 2020 General Election to elect a Mayor and Council Places 2, 4 and 6.