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OKAY, GOOD[Ballot Order Drawing on February 24, 2025.]
MORNING.I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME YOU ALL TO THE 2025 BALLOT ORDER DRAWING.
I'M BILLY RAY JOHNSON, YOUR CITY SECRETARY.
AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE STAFF.
ON MY LEFT HERE IS MI LAVA MARTINEZ.
SHE'S THE ASSISTANT CITY SECRETARY, LYDIA ORTEGA.
SHE'S IN OUR BUSINESS OPERATIONS DIVISION, ALIA GONZALEZ.
SHE'S IN OUR COUNCIL SUPPORT DIVISION, RYLAND FRANKLIN STANDING.
HE'S IN OUR ELECTION DIVISION AND I'LL SAY CHRIS SOTO.
HE'S ALSO IN OUR ELECTIONS DIVISION.
LET ME GO RIGHT INTO THE INSTRUCTIONS.
THE BALLOT ORDER DRAWING WILL GO AS FOLLOWS.
IT WILL BE IN COUNCIL DISTRICT ORDER.
COUNCIL CANDIDATE NAMES WILL BE LISTED AND THEY'LL BE LISTED IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER.
I WOULD ASK THAT EACH CANDIDATE OR REPRESENTATIVE LOOK CLOSELY AT THE NAMES, UH, TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE SPELLED IT CORRECTLY OR HAVE LISTED IT CORRECTLY.
THIS IS YOUR LAST OPPORTUNITY.
THIS IS THE NAME THAT WILL BE LISTED ON THE BALLOT, AND THIS IS YOUR LAST OPPORTUNITY TO CORRECT IT.
YOU WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CORRECT IT.
WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, THE NAMES AGAIN ARE LISTED IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER.
I WILL HAVE STAFF PERFORM WHAT WE CALL A, AN ELECTRONIC RANDOM SORT, SO THAT THAT WILL DETERMINE THE ORDER YOU WILL COME FORWARD TO MAKE YOUR SELECTIONS.
WHEN YOU, WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, ONCE THE, ONCE THE THE LISTING HAS BEEN THE CANDIDATE, I MEAN THE ELECTRONIC RANDOM SORT HAS BEEN PERFORMED, I WILL CALL YOUR NAME.
YOU WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME FORWARD IF YOU'RE IN PERSON AND YOU WOULD COME TO THE MICROPHONE.
IF YOU'RE VIRTUAL, I WILL GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AND YOU WILL SELECT AN ALPHABET.
THE ALPHABET HAS A NUMBER BEHIND IT AND IT WILL, THAT NUMBER IS YOUR OFFICIAL NUMBER TO, TO HOW YOU'LL BE LISTED ON THE BALLOT.
ALSO, AGAIN, IF YOU'RE NOT PRESENT, YOU CAN HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE.
ANY, ANY INDIVIDUAL CAN BE YOUR REPRESENTATIVE.
IF NO REPRESENTATIVE IS PRESENT, MY STAFF WILL PULL ON YOUR BEHALF.
WILL BEGIN WITH COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE.
YOUR CANDIDATES ARE JASON VANOFF, CHAD WEST, AND KATRINA WATLEY.
CHRIS, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND PERFORM THE RANDOM SORT.
AND SELECT ONE OF THE THREE ALPHABETS THAT ARE, THAT'S LISTED YOU, THE MICROPHONE.
WE'LL BE BACK IN REMEDIAL TRAINING HERE.
THIRD PLACE, THREE ON THE BALLOT.
UH, WE'LL TAKE BB BE LISTED SECOND ON THE BALLOT.
AND JUST JASON VANOFF STILL COME FORWARD.
SO YOUR FINAL BALLOT ORDER WILL BE JASON VANOFF.
PLACE ONE, KATRINA WATLEY, PLACE TWO.
SOUP, BEER COURT AND JESSE MORENO.
WE CAN GO AHEAD AND PERFORM THE RANDOM SORT.
IT WAS PERFORMED AND IT WILL STAY IN THAT ORDER.
SUPERIOR COURT, WE'LL PULL FIRST.
IS THERE A VIRTUAL REPRESENTATIVE OR REPRESENTATIVE IN THE AUDIENCE? OKAY.
SO THE OFFICIAL BALLOT ORDER FOR COUNCIL.
PLACE TWO SUIT YOUR COURT COUNCIL.
ZG GRACIE, JESSICA EBORN AND JOHN SMITH.
GO AHEAD AND PERFORM THE RANDOM SORT YOUR SELECTION ORDER.
ZIN GRACIE JESSICA LIGHT BORN AND JOHN SAMS.
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IS THERE A REP REPRESENTATIVE FOR ZIN GRACIE.JOHN SIMS IS NOT IN THE AUDIENCE.
MR. SIMS, WOULD YOU PLEASE TURN YOUR VIDEO ON YOUR CAMERA? MR. SIMS? YES.
IS THIS AUDIO ON? MS. ON? OKAY, THERE WE GO.
JUST MR. SIMS, WILL YOU UNMUTE YOURSELF AND TURN YOUR CAMERA ON.
MR. SIMS, MY STAFF WILL SELECT IT'S ONLY ONE SELECTION REMAINING.
SO YOUR VALID ORDER FOR COUNCIL.
JESSICA E LIGHT BORNE AND THREE ZG GRACIE, THAT'S YOUR SELECTION.
DISTRICT FOUR KIBR ALEXANDER AVIS HARDIMAN AND MAXIE JOHNSON.
GO AHEAD AND PERFORM THE RANDOM SORT.
MAXIE JOHNSON WILL PULL FIRST.
ALEXANDER, IT'S NOT IN THE AUDIENCE.
IS THEIR REPRESENTATIVE IN THE AUDIENCE OR IT'S MR. ALEXANDER VIRTUAL OR REPRESENTATIVE? VIRTUAL.
MY STAFF WILL SELECT ON BEHALF OF MR. HE AND ALEXANDER A A.
IN THE AUDIENCE IS OUR REPRESENTATIVE.
NO REP IS MS. HARDIMAN ON VIRTUAL NOR REPRESENTATIVE STAFF.
WILL YOU PLEASE SELECT C? IT'S THREE.
YOUR BALLOT ORDER FOR COUNCIL.
COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE AS TWO INDIVIDUALS.
ELIZABETH MATUS, JAIME AND JAIME RESENDEZ.
PLEASE PERFORM THE RANDOM SORT.
JAIME RESENDEZ WILL PULL FIRST.
ELIZABETH MATUS PLEASE COME FORWARD.
DISTRICT FIVE, YOUR BALLOT ORDER.
ELIZABETH MATUS, COUNCIL DISTRICT SIX HAS EIGHT CANDIDATES.
MONICA ALONZO, DAVID BLUE, LAURA KADINA, TONY CARILLO, GABRIEL KISSINGER, NICHOLAS, NICO QUINTANILLA, LINUS SPILLER AND MICHELLE WELLS.
GO AHEAD AND PERFORM THE ELECTRONIC RANDOM SORT PULLING FIRST.
IS MR. BLUE VIRTUAL IS THERE? REPRESENTATIVE? OKAY.
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ONE.GABRIEL KISSINGER IS NOT IN THE AUDIENCE OR IS THERE REPRESENTATIVE? NOT IN THE AUDIENCE.
GABRIEL, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.
WHAT'S GOING MR. KISSINGER? CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY, I'M SORRY.
WE'LL, STAFF WILL PULL ON YOUR BEHALF.
LINEA, SPILLER, LINUS SPILLER.
YOU MAY COME FORWARD AND AND SELECT YOUR ALPHABET.
MICHELLE WELLS IS ONLINE? YES, MA'AM.
WILL YOU SELECT THE ONLY ALPHABET THAT'S UP THERE? OH, WHAT'S I CAN'T SEE IT SO SMALL.
IT'S, IT'S E I'LL CHEAT FOR YOU.
YOUR, YOUR FINAL BALLOT ORDER FOR COUNCIL.
GABRIEL KISSINGER, PLACE FOUR.
NICHOLAS NICO QUINTANILLA AND PLACE? EIGHT.
COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN, FIVE CANDIDATES.
ADAM BASEL, JEWEL O'NEIL, HESSON LAMAR, YAKA JEFFERSON, JOSE RIVAS JR.
AND SIDNEY WALKER WILL PERFORM THE RANDOM SORT PULLING FIRST.
SIDNEY WALKER OR A REPRESENTATIVE? MS. WALKER IS VIRTUAL.
MS. WALKER? THERE ARE FIVE ALPHABETS.
SEE, I'M SORRY, YOUR, YOUR, IS THIS VIDEO DISPLAYING MR. UH, MY WIFE? YEAH.
IT'S GONNA MAKE, IT'S GONNA MAKE ME, UH, CLOSE THE THING, UH, THE WEBINAR TO REDO IT.
I NEED TO MAKE SURE IT'S YOU, YOU PRESENT OR ARE REPRESENTATIVE? I JUST WANNA, I'M, I'M A REPRESENTATIVE FOR YAKA.
SO WILL YOU PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR CAMERA'S TURNED ON PLEASE? I'M GONNA HAVE TO X OUT OF THIS TO CUT IT BACK ON.
LET ME TRY TO GET OUT AND GET RIGHT BACK IN.
HOW LONG DO YOU THINK IT'S GONNA TAKE YOU? WE ARE MAYBE ABOUT 20 SECONDS.
LET ME, LET ME GET OUT REALLY QUICK AND THEN, AND THEN COME RIGHT BACK IN.
Y'ALL GONNA GIVE, GIMME THE THING ONE MORE TIME.
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WE ARE APPROACHING THE 20 SECONDS.IS HE COMPLETELY OUT? WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON.
STAFF WILL PULL ON BEHALF OF MR. JEFFERSON.
ADAM BAZEL, DUA OR REPRESENTATIVE? OH, HE IS ONLINE.
HIS CAMERA'S ON MR. BAZEL DUA.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY? HE HAS SELECTED MR. BRYANT AS A REPRESENTATIVE AS WELL.
MR. BA, CAN YOU HEAR ME? MA'AM? MA'AM.
WILL YOU PLEASE MAKE YOUR SELECTION? ONLY TWO ALPHABETS REMAINING.
STAFF WILL SELECT ON MR. HESS'S BEHALF.
YOUR BALLOT ORDER FOR COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN, PLACE ONE.
LAMAR YAKA, JEFFERSON PLACE THREE.
YOU GOOD? CAN YOU PLEASE MAKE SURE THEY'RE MUTED? THANK YOU.
LORI, BLAIR, SABRINA, LYNN, BRENHAM, DEVONTE, D PETERS, EUGENE, RALPH, RUTH STEWART AND ERIC WILSON.
PLEASE PERFORM THE RANDOM SORT PULLING FIRST.
PETERS, IT'S NOT IN THE AUDIENCE.
IT'S MR. PETERS ON VIRTUAL OR IS THERE A REPRESENTATIVE? OKAY.
STAFF WILL SELECT ON MR. PETERS' BEHALF.
IS THERE A REPRESENTATIVE? OH, I'M SORRY.
I GOT BAD PULLING SO I CAN'T GET NO LESS WORSE THAN, UH, D.
SABRINA LYNN, BRENHAM NOT IN THE AUDIENCE, THEIR REPRESENTATIVE.
OUR STAFF WILL SELECT A, A FIVE.
SABRINA LYNN BRENHAM AND PLACE? SIX.
EUGENE RALPH, THIS IS YOUR OFFICIAL BALLOT ORDER COUNCIL.
THERE'S TWO CANDIDATES, ERNEST P BANDA AND POLICY BLACKMAN.
WE CAN PERFORM THE RANDOM SORT PULLING FIRST WILL BE ERNEST.
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OKAY, LET'S GO WITH BBB TWO.PAULA BLACKMAN IS NOT IN THE AUDIENCE.
IS THERE REPRESENTATIVE? OKAY.
YOUR OFFICIAL BALLOT ORDER FOR COUNCIL.
COUNCIL DISTRICT TEN TWO CANDIDATES SERRANO KEITH VAL AND KATHY STEWART PERFORMED THE RANDOM SORT.
KEITH IS NOT IN PRESENT IN THE AUDIENCE AS A REPRESENTATIVE.
YOUR OFFICIAL BALLOT ORDER FOR COUNCIL.
KATHY STEWART, COUNCIL DISTRICT 11 HAS FOUR CANDIDATES.
JEFF KITNER, KENDALL RICHARDSON.
AND BILL ROTH WILL PERFORM THE RANDOM SORT.
SIR ROTH IS NOT PRESENT IN THE AUDIENCE.
REPRESENTATIVE MR. ROTH IS NOT ONLINE.
SEEMS LIKE I'M GONNA HAVE TO PASS BECAUSE OF TECHNOLOGICAL CONSTRAINTS FOR THE CAMERA ISN'T, IT'S NOT WORKING PRESENTLY.
I'M LIKE WHERE'S E TWO? SORRY.
WHAT DID I IT'S ONLY ONE REMAINING.
UM, YOUR OFFICIAL BALLOT ORDER FOR COUNCIL DISTRICT 11.
PLACE ONE IS KENDALL RICHARDSON.
JEFF KITNER, COUNCIL DISTRICT 12.
JOSE CAVAZOS, KARA MENDELSON AND MARK ROSSELL.
PLEASE PERFORM THE RANDOM SORT.
IS THERE A REPRESENTATIVE? IS MR. CAVAZOS ONLINE OR IS THERE A REP REPRESENTATIVE THERE? THERE'S NOT STAFF.
IS THERE A REPRESENTATIVE? HOW ABOUT VIRTUAL CAR? MENDELSON STAFF.
YOUR OFFICIAL BALLOT ORDER FOR COUNCIL? DISTRICT 12, PLACE ONE.
MARK ROSSELL AND PLACE? THREE.
JOSE ZOS, COUNCIL DISTRICT 13.
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CANDIDATES.DIANE, BENJAMIN AND GAY DONELLE WILLIS.
PLEASE PERFORM THE RANDOM SORT.
IS THEIR REPRESENTATIVE PRESENT? UH, VIRTUAL.
IS THERE REPRESENTATIVE ABOUT VIRTUAL? NONE.
A A YOUR OFFICIAL BALLOT ORDER FOR COUNCIL DISTRICT 13 PLACE ONE.
DIANE BENJAMIN AND PLACE TWO GAY DONNELL WILLIS COUNCIL DISTRICT 14 IS UNOPPOSED.
PAUL E RIDLEY WILL REPRESENT THAT DISTRICT.
THIS CONCLUDES THE BALLOT DRAWING.
IS THERE, IS THERE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE IN CODE COMPLIANCE? JEREMY REED.
JEREMY REED IS FROM CODE COMPLIANCE AND HE'S GONNA TALK ABOUT POLITICAL SIGNS REGULATIONS IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
JEREMY REED, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF CODE COMPLIANCE FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS.
UH, THIS WILL BE BRIEF, BUT I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A QUICK PRESENTATION ON THE RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR CITY OF DALLAS FROM THE CITY OF DALLAS.
CODE RELATED TO WHERE YOU CAN AND CANNOT PLACE POLITICAL SIGNS.
I WANNA TALK ABOUT THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROPERTIES VERY BRIEFLY.
THE FIRST IS, UM, PUBLIC PROPERTY POLLING LOCATIONS.
SO THOSE ARE ACTUALLY OFFICIAL, UM, POLLING LOCATIONS WHICH MIGHT TAKE PLACE AT A LIBRARY OR REC CENTER.
THE SECOND IS GOING TO BE PRIVATE PROPERTY AND THE THIRD IS GOING TO BE, UM, CITY RIGHTS OF WAY.
SO THAT'S GONNA BE PARKWAYS MEDIANS, UM, LIGHT POLES AND THAT KIND OF THING.
RULES FOR POLITICAL SIGNS ARE GOVERNED BY CHAPTER 50, I'M SORRY, CHAPTER 15 A.
THIS IS THE, UM, THE ELECTION CHAPTER FOR POLITICAL SIGNS PLACED ON OFFICIAL POLLING LOCATIONS THAT ARE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.
THEY MAY BE PLACED UP TO TWO CALENDAR DAYS BEFORE EARLY VOTING OR THE ELECTION DAY.
SO NO EARLIER THAN TWO, TWO CALENDAR DAYS PRIOR TO, UM, ELECTIONS.
UM, THE, THE EARLY VOTING TAKING PLACE, THEY HAVE TO BE REMOVED NO LATER THAN TWO CALENDAR DAYS AFTER THE LAST OFFICIAL VOTING DAY.
ALRIGHT, UM, AS FAR AS THE SIGNS THEMSELVES ON THESE PUBLIC PROPERTY OFFICIAL POLLING LOCATIONS, THIS COMES FROM 15 A DASH 15, I'M GONNA HAVE SOME HANDOUTS, UM, TO GIVE YOU A CHEAT SHEET AFTERWARDS.
IF, IF YOU WOULD LIKE THAT THE SIGNS MUST REFER TO A CANDIDATE OR ISSUE THAT IS ON THE BALLOT AT THE PARTICULAR VOTING LOCATION THAT THE SIGN IS PLACED AT, THEY MUST HAVE AN EFFECTIVE AREA OF 2020 SQUARE FEET OR LESS.
SO AGAIN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE POLLING LOCATIONS.
THAT'S GONNA BE A MAXIMUM SIZE OF FOUR FEET BY FIVE FEET.
NO, NO GREATER THAN 20 SQUARE FEET.
THEY MUST BE LESS THAN EIGHT FEET HIGH.
AND THAT'S THE TOP, THAT'S THE TOP OF THE SIGN.
WHETHER THE SIGN IS ACTUALLY EIGHT FEET OR NOT, YOU CAN'T, UH, PLACE IT UP ON A POLE HIGHER THAN EIGHT FEET.
UM, THEY MUST NOT BE ILLUMINATED HAVING MOVING PARTS.
THEY MUST NOT BE PLACED IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.
THIS IS RIGHT OF WAY RELATED TO A POLLING LOCATION.
SO THINK ABOUT, WE SEE THIS ONE A LOT.
THINK ABOUT A LIBRARY OR REC CENTER OUTSIDE OF THAT LIBRARY OR REC CENTER THAT, AGAIN, ONLY ONE THAT SERVES AS A POLLING LOCATION.
IF IT HAS A SIDEWALK, UM, BEFORE THE STREET AND THEN A LITTLE GRASSY AREA WE CALL THE PARKWAY, IT CANNOT BE PLACED ON THAT PARKWAY.
IT MUST BE PLACED ONLY ON THAT, UM, LOT ITSELF.
ALRIGHT? THE PARKWAY OUTSIDE THE SIDEWALK IS CALLED, UH, AS PART OF THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.
SO YOU WOULD BE IN VIOLATION IF IT WAS THERE.
AND THEN IT CANNOT PROJECT MORE THAN 18 INCHES FROM ANY WALLED ROOF PARAPET OR EAVES.
SO YOU CAN'T ATTACH IT, CANNOT ATTACH IT TO A STRUCTURE AT THE POLLING LOCATION.
ALRIGHT, UM, THE SECOND TYPE OF PROPERTY I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS PRIVATE PROPERTY.
UM, THE, THE REGULATIONS ARE LESS STRICT FOR PRIVATE PROPERTY.
YOU WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UH, YOU HAVE THE PERMISSION OF ANY PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNER PRIOR TO PLACEMENT ON THAT PRIVATE PROPERTY.
FOR THE SIZE, IT'S ALMOST THE SAME RULES EXCEPT FOR THE SIZE.
A SIGN DOES NOT NEED A PERMIT IF, UM, IT HAS AN EFFECTIVE AREA OF LESS THAN 36 SQUARE FEET.
SO THINK ABOUT A SHEET OF PLYWOOD FOUR BY EIGHT.
UM, THAT'S HOW BIG A SIGN CAN BE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY
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BEFORE IT REQUIRES A PERMIT.IT ALSO DOES NOT NEED A PERMIT IF IT'S LOWER THAN EIGHT FEET.
IF IT'S NOT ILLUMINATED, IF IT HAS NO MOVING PARTS, UM, AND IS NOT PLACED ON A PRIVATE PROPERTY THAT'S SUBJECT TO AN EASEMENT, UH, YOU CANNOT PLACE A SIGN OVER THE EASEMENT AS WELL.
SO IT IS POSSIBLE TO GET A, UH, IT'S POSSIBLY POSSIBLE TO GET A SIGN OVER, UM, EIGHT FEET, HAVING ILLUMINATION, HAVING MOVING PARTS IF IT'S ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.
SO THE VIOLATION ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, IF IT'S OVER, UM, EIGHT FEET HIGH OR OVER 36 SQUARE FEET IS GOING TO BE, UM, UH, THE NOT HAVING A PERMIT.
ALRIGHT, FINALLY, I WANNA TALK ABOUT PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY.
THIS IS GONNA BE MEDIANS, LIGHT POLES, STOP SIGNS, UM, AND PARKWAYS.
SO ANY AREA ON THE OUTSIDE OF ANY CITY, UM, SIDEWALK IN THE CITY OR ANY OTHER SPACE DESIGNATED AS PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.
THE RULE IS THAT YOU CAN'T PLACE A SIGN THERE EVER.
UM, UH, WHETHER IT'S A POLITICAL SIGN, A GARAGE SALE SIGN, OR A LOST DOG SIGN, UM, CODE COMPLIANCE IS STANDARD PROCESS IS TO REMOVE THOSE SIGNS SO THEY WILL BE LOST, UM, TO YOU.
BUT MAKE SURE THAT YOU, UM, LET YOUR CAMPAIGN KNOW THAT SIGNS CANNOT BE PLACED IN MEDIANS ON LIGHT POLES, UM, ON TRAFFIC POLES OR TRAFFIC SIGNS.
AND IN PARKWAYS, NOT ONLY CAN THEY BE REMOVED BY CITY OF DALLAS CODE COMPLIANCE, BUT IT'S PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE THAT, UM, THE PERSON NAMED ON THE SIGN IS THE ONE WHO PUT IT THERE.
AND SO YOU WOULD ALSO BE LIABLE FOR A CITATION WERE ASSIGNED TO BE FOUND IN THE RIGHT OF WAY.
ALRIGHT, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I WILL HAVE SOME HANDOUTS WITH THE SAME INFORMATION AND WE HAVE THE INFORMATION DUPLICATED ON CITY OF DALLAS CODE COMPLIANCE WEBSITE AS WELL.
THIS CONCLUDES THE BALLOT DRAWING.
UM, STAFF IS ACTUALLY DISTRIBUTING THE FINAL, UH, DOCUMENT WITH A FINAL, UH, BALLOT ORDER LISTING BY COUNCIL DISTRICT.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT VIRTUAL OR IN PERSON.