R-2020-0058 - 3/12/2020 RESOLUTION NO. R-2020-0058
WHEREAS, Section 61.012 of the Texas Election Code requires that the City of Round Rock,
Texas, must provide at least one accessible voting system in each polling place used in a Texas
election on or after August 1, 2019. This system must comply with state and federal laws setting the
requirements for voting systems that permit voters with physical disabilities to cast a secret ballot; and
WHEREAS, The Office of the Texas Secretary of State has certified that the ExpressVote®
Universal Voting System Version 6020 provided by Election Systems & Software (ES&S) is an
accessible voting system* that may legally be used in Texas elections. Early voting and election day
voting, including provisional ballots will take place on the ExpressVote® Universal Voting System,
ballot marking device, in conjunction with the DS200 Digital® Precinct Scanner. The DS450 Digital®
Central Count Scanner will be used to process all by mail ballots; and
WHEREAS, Sections 123.032 and 123.035 of the Texas Election Code authorize the
acquisition of voting systems by local political subdivisions and further mandate certain minimum
requirements for contracts relating to the acquisition of such voting systems,Now Therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROUND ROCK, TEXAS,
As chief elections officer of the City of Round Rock, Texas, the City Clerk shall provide at
least one ExpressVote® Universal Voting System and DS200 Digital® Precinct Scanner in every early
voting and election day polling place used to conduct any and every election ordered on or after
August 1, 2019. The ES&S ExpressVote® Universal Voting System and DS200 Digital® Precinct
Scanner may be acquired by any legal means available to City of Round Rock, Texas, including but
not limited to lease or rental from the County of Travis, County of Williamson, or from any other legal
source, as authorized or required by Sections 123.032 and 123.035, Texas Election Code.
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The City Council hereby finds and declares that written notice of the date, hour, place and
subject of the meeting at which this Resolution was adopted was posted and that such meeting was
open to the public as required by law at all tunes during which this Resolution and the subject matter
hereof were discussed, considered and formally acted upon, all as required by the Open Meetings Act,
Chapter 551, Texas Goveriunent Code, as amended.
RESOLVED this 12th day of March, 2020.
CRAIG M RGA Mayor
City of Round R , Texas
ATTEST:
SARA L. WHITE, City Clerk
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