HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Reso No 1977-54A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ~~
LAKE EL5INORE~ CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING REGULATIONS .
FOR CANDIDATES FOR ELECTIVE OFFICE, PERTAINING TO
MATERIAI,S 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
pertaininq 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 LAKE ELSINORE, CALIFORNIA, ~~
DOES HEREBY RESOLVE~ DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS: ~ ,
~ SECTION l. That pursuant to Section 10012 of the Elections Code of the ~ ~
State of California, each candidate for elective office to be voted for, 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. 5uch
statement shall not include party affiliation of the candidate, nor membership
or activity in partisan political organizations. Such statement shall be
filed in the office of the City Clerk at the time the candidate's nomination .
papers are filed. Such statement may be withdrawn, but not changed, durinq
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 to each voter
in said City. ~
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 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
Y costs of printing and handling and such bill shall be due and payable
... immediately upon receipt thereof. .
SECTION 5. 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.
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SECTION~6. 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 28th day of No~ember, 1977.
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City Clerk
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