HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 6857RESOLUTION NO. 6857
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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
AZUSA, 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, APRIL 8, 1980.
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 thereof;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA, CALIFORNIA,
DOES HEREBY 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 the General Municipal Election to be held in the
City of Azusa on April 8, 1980, 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 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 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 Such statement may be withdrawn,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, 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. SPANISH LANGUAGE. The City Clerk shall provide a
Spanish translation of the candidate's statement to be included in the Voter's
Pamphlet and mailed with the sample ballot to each voter in said City, in
compliance with the Federal Voting Rights Act of 1965.
SECTION 3. ADDITIONAL MATERIALS. No candidate will be permitted
to include additional materials in the sample ballot package.
SECTION 4. PAYMENT. The City Clerk shall estimate the total cost
of printing, handling, translating, and mailing the candidate's statements filed
pursuant to the Elections Code, and require each candidate filing a statement
to pay in advance his or her pro rata share as a condition of having his or her
statement included in the voter's pamphlet. The City Clerk shall bill each
candidate for any cost in excess of the deposit and shall refund any unused
portion of any deposit.
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.
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 proceedings of -the City Council of said City, in the minutes of the
meeting at which the same is passed and adopted.
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PASSED, APPROVED,AND ADOPTED this 17th day of December, 1979.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoinq resolution was duly
adopted by the City Council of the City of Azusa, at a regular meeting
thereof, held on the 17th day of December, 1979, by the following vote of
the Council:
AYES: COUNCILMEN.: Decker, Fry, Cruz, Moses, Solem
NOES: COUNCILMEN: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: None
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