HomeMy Public PortalAboutResolution 02-4133 Election: Candidate Statement RegulationsRESOLUTION NO. 02-4133
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMPLE
CITY, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING REGULATIONS FOR CANDIDATES
FOR ELECTIVE OFFICE PERTAINING TO CANDIDATES
STATEMENTS SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS AT AN ELECTION TO
BE HELD ON TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 2003
WHEREAS, 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 TEMPLE CITY, CALIFORNIA,
DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS. That pursuant to Section 13307 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 Temple City on March 4, 2003, 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
type- written 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The statement may be withdrawn, but not changed, during the period for filing nomination papers and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.
a. Pursuant to the Voting Rights Act, the city is required to translate candidates' statements
into the following languages: Spanish and Chinese.
b. Pursuant to state law, the candidate's statement must be translated and printed in the
voters pamphlet in any language at the candidate's request.
c. The City Clerk shall have all candidates' statements translated into the languages
specified in (a) above; have all translations made available upon request in the office of
the City Clerk; and print any foreign language translations of candidates who request
printing in the voters pamphlet.
SECTION 3. PAYMENT.
a. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of printing the candidate's statement
in English in the voters pamphlet.
b. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of translating the candidate's
statement into any required foreign language as specified in (2b) above pursuant to State
and /or Federal law.
c. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of printing the candidate's statement
in a foreign language in the voters pamphlet.
The City Clerk shall estimate the total cost of printing, handling, translating and mailing the
candidates' 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
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election to another election and may be significantly more or Tess 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 overpayment, the clerk shall
prorate the excess amount among the candidates and refund the excess amount paid within thirty
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.
SECTION 6. That all previous resolutions establishing Council policy on payment for candidates'
statements are repealed.
SECTION 7. That this resolution shall apply at the next ensuing municipal election and at each
election and at each municipal election after that time.
SECTION 8. 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 5th day of November, 2002.
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
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I, hereby certify that the foregoing resolution, Resolution No. 02 -4133 was duly adopted by the
City Council of the City of Temple City at a regular meeting held on the 5th day of November, 2002, by
the following vote:
AYES: Councilman - Souder, Wilson, Vizcarra, Gillanders
NOES: Councilman -None
ABSENT: Councilman -Zovak
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