245 Amending Ordinance 153, Permitting Voting by Use of Voting Machine

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C/011) 10 Qs ORDINANCE NO. 02 y j 9- AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ZEPHYRHILLS, FLORIDA, AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 153, PERMITTING VOTING BY THE USE OF VOT- ING MACHINES; PROHIBITING THE SOLICITATION OF POLITICAL LITERATURE WITHIN 300 FEET OF THE VOTING PLACE; PROVIDING FOR THEfAPPEAL OF SEC- TION III, SECTION V, SECTION VI AND SECTION VII (b) OF ORDINANCE NO. 153; AND PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION OF CHAPTER 101 , FLORIDA STATUTES 1973; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SUBSTITUTION OF THE WORD CITY MANAGER OR CITY CLERK IN THE PLACE OF THE WORD SUPERVISOR IN SAID STATUTE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ZEPHYRHILLS, FLORIDA, as follows : SECTION .1 : Repeal of portions of Ordinance No. 153. Section III, Section V, Section VI and Section VII (b) of Ordinance No. 153, and the same are, hereby, now repealed. SECTION 2 : Qualification of Voters. Every person over eighteen (18) years of age, who has complied with the permanent single .reg- istration system under the laws of the State of Florida, is a qualified elector of the City of Zephyrhills, and is entitled to vote in all City elections. SECTION 3 : Voting. Amending Section VII of Ordinance No. 153. Sections (a) and (b) of Section VII. of Ordinance #153 are amended to read as follows : (a) Voting in all elections in the city shall be by the ballot, on either written or printed forms to be made and provided, setting forth the names of the candidates who have qual- ified, or such other questions as may be presented to the voters, or such voting may be by the use of voting machines. (b) Absentee Voting. The City does, hereby, adopt by reference, all provisions of Chapter 101 of the Florida Statutes of 1973, as same pertains to absentee voting. That wherever in the absentee voting law wherein the word "supervisor" is used, the word City Manager or City Clerk shall be substi- tuted therefore. SECTION 4: Amending Section X of Ordinance No. 153. Section X of Ordinance No. 153 is amended to read as follows : Prohibition Against Soliciting Votes and Passing of Literature.