HomeMy WebLinkAbout77-155 - Election Regulations for Candidates and Materials to the ElectorateRESOLUTION NO. 77-155
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING REGULATIONS FOR
CANDIDATES FOR ELECTIVE OFFICE, PERTAINING TO
MATERIALS SUBMITTED TO THE ELECTORATE AND THE
COSTS THEREOF FOR THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION
TO BE HELD IN SAID CITY ON TUESDAY, THE 7TH DAY
OF MARCH, 1978.
WHEREAS, Section 10012 of the Elections Code of the State of
California authorizes the governing body of any local agency to adopt
regulations pertaining to materials prepared by any candidate for a
municipal election, including costs thereof; and
WHEREAS, it is the opinion of the Attorney General of the State of
California (No. CV 76/5, May 6, 1976) that a candidate may not be billed
for the additional cost of preparing candidates' statements in Spanish
if such were not requested by the candidate but were required solely by
reason of recent amendments to the Federal Voting Rights Act of 1965
(Public Law 94-73, August 6, 1975);
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA, CALI-
FORNIA, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE, AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That pursuant to Section 10012 of the Elections Code of
the State of California, each candidate for elective office to be voted
for at the General Municipal Election to be held in the City of Costa
Mesa on the 7th day of March, 1978, may prepare a candidate's statement
on an appropriate form provided by the City Clerk. Such 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. Such
statement shall not include party affiliation of the candidate, nor
membership or activity in partisan political organizations. Such state-
ment shall be filed in the office of the City Clerk at the time the
candidate's nomination papers are filed. Such statement may be with-
drawn, but not changed, during the period for filing nomination papers
and until 5:00 p.m. of the next working day after the close of the
nomination period.
SECTION 2. That in compliance with the recent amendments to the
Federal Voting Rights Act of 1965 (Public Law 94-73, August 6, 1975) the
City Clerk shall provide a Spanish translation of the candidate's
statement and it shall be made available to anyone requesting the
translations.
SECTION 3. That the City Clerk shall send to each voter with the
sample ballot, a voter's pamphlet which contains the statement of each
candidate in English (and Spanish for those candidates who have re-
quested the translation) pursuant to law.
SECTION 4. That each candidate filing a candidate's statement
shall be billed for the services rendered, a sum not greater than the
actual prorated costs of printing and handling and such bill shall be
due and payable immediately upon receipt thereof.
SECTION 5. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and
adoption of this Resolution; shall enter the same in the book of
original resolutions of said City; and shall make a minute of passage
and adoption thereof in the records of the proceedings of the City
Council of said City in the minutes of the meeting at which the same is
passed and adopted.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 19th day of December, 1977.
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I, EILEEN P. PHINNEY, City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City
Council of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the above and
foregoing Resolution No. 77-155 was duly and regularly passed and
adopted by the said City Council at a regular meeting thereof, held on
the 19th day of December, 1977.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
Seal of the City of Costa Mesa this 20th day of December, 1977.
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