Regular municipal Elections of the City of Harlingen to elect a Mayor and/or City Commissioners shall be held in November in accordance with applicable state law. All other municipal elections provided for in this Chapter or by state or federal law shall be special elections. All special elections shall be called for in dates in accordance with state election laws.
(Ordinance 73-30, adopted 11/7/1973; Ordinance 75-44, adopted 11/11/1975; Resolution 87R-10, adopted 4/9/1987; Ordinance 06-14, adopted 3/1/2006; Resolution 06R-19, adopted 5/17/2006; Ordinance 2021-45, § 1, adopted 12/1/2021)
All elections shall be conducted, and the results counted and announced by the election authorities, as prescribed by the general election laws of the State of Texas, and the general election laws shall prevail in all municipal elections, except as otherwise provided in this Charter. The City's election schedule for early voting, runoff elections, and Election Day will be at a minimum consistent with Cameron County's election schedule for the applicable day.
(Ordinance 75-44, adopted 11/11/1975; Ordinance 06-14, adopted 3/1/2006; Resolution 06R-19, adopted 5/17/2006; Resolution 2024-57 adopted 11/14/2024)
The City Commission shall, at its next regular meeting, after a regular and special election, or within the time frame prescribed by state election law, canvass the returns and declare the result of such election. At those meetings canvassing and declaring those elections held for the purpose of electing a Mayor and/or City Commissioners, the Mayor and/or City Commissioners declared elected shall qualify and assume the duties of their offices.
(Ordinance 06-14, adopted 3/1/2006; Resolution 06R-19, adopted 5/17/2006)
The city will notify the election as provided by the Texas Election Code. In addition, the City shall also notify the election no earlier than the 30th day before the election or after the 10th day before the election on the City's web page and social media pages authorized by the City for that purpose. Notice of the election will be provided in both English and Spanish.
(Resolution 2024-57 adopted 11/14/2024)