HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RESO 94-86RESOLUTION NO. 94-86
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY ADOPTING
REGULATIONS FOR CANDIDATES FOR ELECTIVE OFFICE
PERTAINING TO CANDIDATES STATEMENTS SUBMITTED
TO THE VOTERS AT AN ELECTION TO BE HELD ON
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1994
WHEREAS, Section 10012 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 NATIONAL CITY DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE,
DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS. That pursuant to
Section 10012 of the Elections Code of the State of California, each
candidate for elective office to be voted for at an Election to be held in the
City of National City on November 8, 1994 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 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 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 The statement may be withdrawn, but not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 nomination papers and until 5:00
p.m. of the next working day after the close of the nomination period.
SECTION 2. FOREIGN LANGUAGE POLICY. The City
Clerk shall have translated and printed in the Spanish Voters pamphlet only
the candidate's statements of those candidates who request translation and
printing.
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SECTION 3. PAYMENT. The candidate shall be required to
pay for the cost of printing the candidates statement in English. The
candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of translating the candidates
statement into any foreign language as specified above pursuant to State
and/or Federal law. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of
printing 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 statement included in the
voter's pamphlet. In the event the estimated payment is required, the
estimate is just 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 estimate and may, on a pro rata
basis, bill the candidate for additional actual expense 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 30 days of the
election.
SECTION 4. ADDITIONAL MATERIALS. No candidate
will be permitted to include additional materials in the sample ballot
package.
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 all previous resolutions establishing council
policy on payment for candidates statements are repealed.
SECTION 7. That this resolution shall apply only to the
election to be held on November 8, 1994 and shall then be repealed.
SECTION 8. That Resolution No. 92-127 is hereby repealed.
SECTION 9. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage
and adoption of this resolution and enter it into the book of original
resolutions.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 21st day of June, 1994.
ATTEST:
Lo i Anne Peoples, City tlerk
George H. Waters, Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
George H. Eiser, III - City Attorney