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HomeMy Public PortalAboutResolution 06-4458 Election: Candidate Statement Regulations1 1 1 RESOLUTION NO. 06 -4458 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 6, 2007 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 6, 2007, 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 The statement may be withdrawn, but not changed, during the period for filing nomination papers and until 5:00 p.m. of the next working day after the close of the nomination period.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 Federal Voting Rights Act, the city is required to translate candidates statements into the following languages: Chinese, Spanish, and Vietnamese. B. Translations. The City Clerk shall have all candidates statements translated into the languages specified in (A) above. C. Printing. The City Clerk shall print all translations of all candidates statements in the main voter pamphlet. The main voter pamphlet will be in English and Chinese and Spanish and Vietnamese. SECTION 3. PAYMENT. A. Translations. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of translating the candidates statement into any required foreign language as specified in (A) of Section 2 above pursuant to Federal law. B. Printing. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of printing the candidates statement in a foreign language required in (A) of Section 2 above, in the main voter 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 comply ng 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 Resolution No. 06 -4458 Page 2 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 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 candidates 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 only to the election to be held on March 6, 2007 and shall then be repealed. 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 on this 17th day of October, 2006. ;Ott& ern MAYOR ATTEST: City Clerk I, hereby certify that the foregoing resolution, Resolution No. 06 -4458, was duly passed, approved and adopted by the City Council of the City of Temple City at a regular meeting held on the 17th day of October, 2006 by the following vote: AYES: Councilmember - Arrighi, Gillanders, Wong, Wilson, Capra NOES: Councilmember -None ABSENT: Councilmember -None ABSTAIN: Councilmember -None 1 1 1