STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Fiscally Sound
AGENDA DATE: May 14, 2025
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): N/A
DEPARTMENT: City Secretary’s Office
EXECUTIVE: Bilierae Johnson
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SUBJECT
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An ordinance ordering a runoff election to be held in the City of Dallas on Saturday, June 7, 2025, for the purpose of electing members of the City Council to represent Places 8 and 11 in which no candidate received a majority of the votes in the general election held Saturday, May 3, 2025 - Financing: No cost consideration to the City (see Fiscal Information)
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BACKGROUND
Chapter IV, Section 11, of the Dallas City Charter states, in part, "If no candidate for a particular office receives a majority of the votes cast for all candidates for that office in the first election, a runoff election for that office is required. No candidate in Places 8 or 11 received a majority of the votes cast in the general election held Saturday, May 3, 2025; therefore, a runoff election is required to elect a council member to represent Places 8 and 11.
Section 2.025(e) of the Texas Election Code provides that a runoff election shall be held not earlier than the 30th or later than the 45th day after the date of the main election. In accordance with the joint election contract with the Dallas County Elections Department, the runoff election will be held on June 7, 2025.
PRIOR ACTION/REVIEW (COUNCIL, BOARDS, COMMISSIONS)
On February 12, 2025, the City Council ordered the general election to be held on Saturday, May 3, 2025, by Ordinance No. 32993.
FISCAL INFORMATION
No cost consideration to the City. This action will require an increase to the joint elections agreement with Dallas County to be paid from Contingency Reserve.