Amended Conroe Independent School District General Election Order and Notice
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AMENDED CONROE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT GENERAL ELECTION ORDER AND NOTICE STATE OF TEXAS § COUNTY OF MONTGOMERY § On this 18th day of August 2020, the Board of Trustees of the CONROE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT convened with the following members present: Datren Williams, President Ray Sanders, Secretary Stephen “Skeeter” Hubert, First Vice President Scott Moore, Second Vice President Scott Kidd, Assistant Secretary Dale Inman, Trustee John Husbands, Immediate Past President constituting a quorum, and among other proceedings had by said Board of Trustees were the following: WHEREAS, the terms of office of Position 4, Datren Williams; Position 5, Scott Kidd; Position 6, John Husbands, and Position 7, Scott Moore of the Board of Trustees of the School District, will expire and the Trustee Election will be held November 3, 2020. WHEREAS, on July 21, 2020, the Board of Trustees approved the Order and Notice for the District’s November 3, 2020 General Election as required by Texas law. Whereas, on July 27, 2020, the Governor of the State of Texas issued a proclamation suspending §85.001(a) of the Texas Election Code to expand the early voting period for the November 3, 2020 General Election to begin on Tuesday, October 13, 2020 and to last through Friday, October 30, 2020. WHEREAS, it is necessary for this Board to amend its previously adopted order establishing the procedure for filing and conducting said Trustee Election to reflect the changes to the Texas Election Code affected by the Governor’s July 27, 2020, proclamation: NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE CONROE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT: 1. That an election be held on November 3 2020, for the purpose of electing four members to the Board of Trustees of the Conroe Independent School District, one member in Position 4, one member in Position 5, one member in Position 6, and one member in Position 7. 2. That all requests by candidates to have their names placed on the ballot for the above mentioned election shall be timely, made in accordance with the law and shall be in writing, shall state the number of the place for which such person is filing as a candidate, shall be signed by the candidate, and filed with the Secretary of the Board of Trustees, 3205 West Davis, Conroe, Texas, on or after July 18, 2020, and through and including 5:00 p.m. on August 17, 2020. Since July 18, 2020, falls on a weekend, the first day that the Secretary of the Board of Trustees’ office will be open to accept filings will be Monday, July 20, 2020. 1 3. The Secretary of the Board of Trustees shall post on the governmental bulletin board at the front of the building where the Board of Trustees meets the names of all candidates that have filed their applications in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Election Code. 4. The election will be a joint election with Montgomery County and other political jurisdictions to be determined, if any. The Conroe Independent School District election will be conducted by the County Elections Officer (Suzie Harvey) in Montgomery County, Texas. This joint election will be held pursuant to Texas Election Code Section 31.092. The County Elections Officer will provide all Election Judges, Alternate Judges, Early Voting Clerks, and other personnel to conduct the election. 5. The election shall be held at the polling places to be determined by Montgomery County. On Election Day, the polls at such polling places shall be open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. A list of the Election Day polling places is attached as Exhibit A. 6. Carrie R. Galatas is appointed as the District employee to receive requests for ballots by mail sent to the District. Ms. Galatas’ address is 3205 W. Davis, Conroe, Texas, 77304. These requests will be delivered to the person designated by the County Elections Officer as the Early Voting Clerk. The Office of the Montgomery County Elections Administrator at P.O. Box 2646, Conroe, Texas 77305-2646, is designated as the address to which early ballot applications and early ballots voted by mail may be sent. 7. The main early voting polling place will be the First Floor of the Lee G. Alworth Building located at 207 W. Phillips, Conroe, Texas 77301. Early voting by personal appearance shall be conducted at the following polling places: Early Voting Locations Lee G. Alworth Building, 207 W. Phillips, Conroe, TX 77301, First Floor West Montgomery County Community Development Center, 31355 Friendship Drive, Magnolia 77355, Green Room Magnolia Event Center 11659 FM 1488, Magnolia 77354, LGI 1 South County Community Center, 2235 Lake Robbins Drive, The Woodlands, TX 77380, Dining Room George and Cynthia Woods-Mitchell Library, 8125 Ashlane Way, The Woodlands, TX 77382 Meeting Rooms 101 & 102 North Montgomery County Community Center, 600 Gerald Street, Willis, TX 77378, Meador Room East Montgomery County Fair Association Building, 21675A McCleskey Road, New Caney, TX 77357, Main Room Lone Star Community Center, 2500 Lone Star Parkway, Montgomery, TX 77356, Cissy Boulware Room Election Central (Limited Ballots, Special Forms of Early Voting and Ballot by Mail only) 9159 FM 1484, Conroe, TX 77303, Foyer The places for early voting shall be open each day except Saturdays, Sundays and official state holidays unless otherwise designated, during the period for early voting by personal appearance, which shall begin on October 13, 2020, and which will end on October 30, 2020. The early voting sites will be open from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 13, 2020 through Saturday, October 17, 2020. The early voting sites will be open from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Monday, October 19, 2020 through Saturday, October 24, 2020, and on Monday, October 26, 2020 through Friday, October 30, 2020. On Sunday, October 25, 2020, the polls shall be open from 12:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. 2 8. The Board of Trustees has determined that DREs shall be used in the above-mentioned election for early voting by personal appearance and at the election on Election Day. Early voting by mail shall be entered in the DRE by the Early Ballot Board. 9. The manner of holding the election shall be governed, as near as possible, by the Election Code of this State, and the Montgomery County Elections Administrator shall furnish all necessary DREs and other election supplies requisite to the election. 10. The votes shall be canvassed not earlier than November 6, 2020, and not later than November 17, 2020. 11. The candidate receiving the highest number of votes for each respective position voted on is entitled to serve as Trustee. 12. The Board of Trustees shall give notice of the election. The Secretary of the Board of Trustees is hereby authorized and instructed to post or cause to be posted not later than October 13, 2020, the combined Election Order and Notice and any other required notices where notices are customarily posted in the District. The Secretary shall also cause a copy of any required notice to be published one time in a newspaper of general circulation in Montgomery County where the District is located. The publication shall be between October 7, 2020 and October 27, 2020. 13. It is further found and determined in accordance with an order of the Board of Trustees, the Secretary caused to be posted written notice of the date, place, and subject of this meeting, on the governmental bulletin board located in the central administration office in the District, convenient and readily accessible to the general public, and the Notice, having been so posted, remained posted for at least 72 hours preceding the scheduled time of the meeting. Upon a motion and a second to approve this General Election Order and Notice, the members of the Board voted “AYE”, or “NO” as follows: Datren Williams, President AYE Ray Sanders, Secretary AYE Stephen “Skeeter” Hubert, First Vice President AYE Scott Moore, Second Vice President AYE Scott Kidd, Assistant Secretary AYE Dale Inman, Trustee AYE John Husbands, Immediate Past President AYE /s/ Datren Williams Datren Williams President, Board of Trustees ATTEST: /s/Ray Sanders Ray Sanders Secretary, Board of Trustees 3 Exhibit A to Amended Order & Notice Conroe Independent School District Election Day Polling Locations Conroe Independent School District PCT Polling Location Suspense Active Total PCT 02 Conroe Seventh-Day Adventist Church 292 2,121 2,413 02 *03 The Woodlands High School Ninth Grade Campus 465 2,625 3,090 *03 04 Copperwood Apartment Building 420 1,575 1,995 04 *06 Deretchin Elementary School 605 3,313 3,918 *06 *07 New Caney Elementary School 45 430 475 *07 *08 Browder Community Center 99 1,116 1,215 *08 10 Booker T. Washington Junior High School 317 2,351 2,668 10 *12 Security Community Center 171 1,553 1,724 *12 *14 Robert L. Crippen Elementary School 36 252 288 *14 15 Cornerstone Church 495 4,135 4,630 15 17 First Baptist Church Groceville 362 3,400 3,762 17 20 Travis Intermediate School 302 1,924 2,226 20 21 Conroe High School 916 2,923 3,839 21 24 Oak Ridge High School 403 2,804 3,207 24 25 Grangerland Community Center 445 3,075 3,520 25 *26 East Montgomery County Fair Association Building 8 42 50 *26 27 Rivershire Club House 655 3,473 4,128 27 *31 Shenandoah Municipal Complex 556 4,062 4,618 *31 32 W.D. Wilkerson Intermediate School 522 2,308 2,830 32 33 South County Community Center 739 2,593 3,332 33 *34 Needham Fire Department Station 64 180 1,820 2,000 *34 35 Robinson Road Community Center 729 4,437 5,166 35 *36 Allendale Baptist Church 497 2,815 3,312 *36 *39 Lake Creek High School 3 24 27 *39 *40 Cryar Intermediate School 742 4,461 5,203 *40 42 Moorhead Junior High School 109 791 900 42 *44 The Lone Star Convention Center 585 2,144 2,729 *44 45 Precinct 45 Polling Place To Be Determined 475 2,484 2,959 45 46 Spring Creek Greenway Nature Center 656 4,320 4,976 46 47 South Montgomery County Fire Station #4 681 3,689 4,370 47 48 Sally K.