HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Res 4585 1997-11-24
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WijEREAS,
RESOLUTION
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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SEAL BEACH, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING REGULATIONS
FOR CANDIDATES FOR ELECTIVE OFFICE PERTAINING
TO CANDIDATES STATEMENTS SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS
AT THE PRIMARY MUNICIPAL ELECTION AND THE SPECIAL
MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, MARCH
24, 1998, AND IF NECESSARY, AT THE GENERAL (RUN-OFF)
ELECTION ON MAY 12, 1998.
Section 13307 of the Elections Code of the State of
California provides that the governing body of any
local agency adopt regulations pertaining to
materials prepared by any candidate for a municipal
election, including costs of the candidates
statement.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH,
CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORD~
AS FOLLOWS:
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GENERAL PROVISIONS. That pursuant to Section
l3307 of the Elections Code of the State of
California, eacn candidate for elective office
to be voted for at the primary Municipal
Election and the special Municipal Election to
be held in the city of Seal Beach on Tuesday,
March 24, 1998, may prepare a Candidate's
Statement on an appropriate form provided by
the City Clerk. The Statement may include the
name, age and occupation of the candidate and a
brief description of no more than two hundred
(200) words of the candidate's education and
qualifications expressed by the candidate
himself or herself. The Statement shall not
include party affiliation of the candidate, nor
membership or activity in partisan political
organizations. The Statement shall be filed
(in typewritten form) in the office of the City
Clerk at the time the candidate's nomination
papers are filed. The Statement may be
withdrawn, but not changed, during the period
for filing nom~nation papers and until 5:00
p.m. of the next working day after the close of
the nomination period. Candidate statements
shall remain confidential until the expiration
of the filing deadline
FOREIGN LANGUAGE POLICY. The City Clerk shall
have translated only those statements into
Spanish as requested by the candidate.
PAYMENT. The candidate shall be required to
pay for the cost of printing the candidates
statement in English, and for the translating
and printing of the candidates statement in a
foreign language.
The City Clerk shall estimate the total cost of
printing, handling, translating, and mailing
the candidate's statements filed pursuant to
this section, including costs incurred as a
result of complying with the Voting Rights Act
of 1965, as amended, and require each candidate
filing a statement to pay in advance to the
local agency his or her estimated pro rata
share as a condition of having his or her
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statement included in the voter's pamphlet. In
the event the estimated payment is required,
the estimate is only an approximation of the
actual cost that varies from one election to
another election and may be significantly more
or less than the estimate, depending on the
actual number of candidates filing statements.
Accordingly, the Clerk is not bound by the I
estimate and may, on a pro rata basis, bill the
candidate for additional actual expenses or
refund any excess paid depending on the final
actual cost. In the event of underpayment, the
Clerk may require the candidate to pay the
balance of the cost incurred. In the event of
overpayment, the clerk shall prorate the excess
amount among the candidates and refund the
excess amount paid within thirty (30) days of
the election.
ADDITIONAL MATERIALS. No candidate will be
permitted to include additional materials in
the sample ballot package.
That the City Clerk shall provide each
candidate or the candidate's representative a
copy of this Resolution at the time nominating
petitions are issued.
That all previous resolutions establishing
Council policy on payment for candidates
statements are repealed.
That this resolution shall apply only to the
elections to be held on March 24, 1998 and if
necessary, May l2, 1998, and shall then be
repealed.
That the City Clerk shall certify to the
passage and adoption of this Resolution and
shall enter same in the book of original
Resolutions of the city.
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PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED bY_~!e Seal
a meeting thereof held on the ~ day
1997, by the following vo :
Bean;.ty C~ci:.l't
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AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ATTEST:
councilmember
Councilmember
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE
CITY OF SEAL BEACH
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I, Joanne M. Yea, city Clerk of the City of Seal Beach,
California, do hereby certify that the ~going Resolution is
the original copy of Resolution NUmber ~n file in the
office of the city Clerk, passed, approved and adopted by the
city Council qf.J~e City of ~Beach~ a meeting thereof
held on the ~ day of JUu.. "oj , 1997.
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