STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Government Performance & Financial Management
AGENDA DATE: May 17, 2023
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 10, 2023, for the purpose of electing a member of the City Council to represent Places 3 in which no candidate received a majority of the votes in the general election held Saturday, May 6, 2023 - 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 Place 3 received a majority of the votes cast in the general election held Saturday, May 6, 2023; therefore, a runoff election is required to elect a council member to represent Place 3.
Section 2.025(a) of the Texas Election Code provides, in part, that "... a runoff election shall be held not earlier than the 20th or later than the 45th day after the date the final canvass of the main election is completed." In accordance with the joint election contract with the Dallas County Elections Department, the runoff election will be held on June 10, 2023.
PRIOR ACTION/REVIEW (COUNCIL, BOARDS, COMMISSIONS)
On February 8, 2023, the City Council ordered the general election to be held on Saturday, May 6, 2023, by Ordinance No. 32394.
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.