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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1977-11-22; City Council; 5257; 1978 Municipal ElectionCITY OF CARLSBAD AGENDA BILL NO. \5"2^ 7 Initial: Dept.Hd. DATE; November 22. 1977 DEPARTMENT; City Clerk C. Mgr. Subject: 1978 MUNICIPAL ELECTION Statement of the Matter Oral report and recommendations on items pertaining to the Municipal Election to be held in March, 1978. Council action 11-22-77 Resolution #5260 was adopted, adopting regulations for candidates for elective office, pertaining to materials submitted to the electorate and the costs thereof. The Council established the hours the polls would be open on election day as 7:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. The Council further agreed that the filing fee for nomination papers remain at $25.00. 1 RESOLUTION NO. 5260 2 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING 3 REGULATIONS FOR CANDIDATES FOR ELECTIVE OFFICE, PERTAINING TO MATERIALS SUBMITTED 4 TO THE ELECTORATE AND THE COSTS THEREOF. 5 WHEREAS, Section 10012 of the Elections Code of the State of 6 California authorizes the governing body of any local agency to 7 adopt regulations pertaining to materials prepared by any candidate 8 for a municipal election, including costs thereof; and 9 WHEREAS, it is the opinion of the Attorney General of the 10 State of California (No.CV 76/5, May 6, 1976) that a candidate may 11 not be billed for the additional cost of preparing candidates' 12 statements in Spanish if such were not requested by the candidate 13 but were required solely by reason of recent amendments to the 14 Federal Voting Rights Act of 1965 (Public Law 94-73, August 6, 15 1975); 16 NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, 17 CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS 18 FOLLOWS: 19 SECTION 1-. That pursuant to Section 10012 of the Elections 20 Code of the State of California, each candidate for elective office 21 to be voted for at the General Municipal Election, may prepare a 22 candidate's statement on an appropriate form provided by the City 23 Clerk. Such statement may include the name, age, and occupation 24 of the candidate and a brief description of no more than two hun- 25 dred (200) words of the candidate's education and qualifications 26 expressed by the candidate himself. Such statement shall not in- 27 elude party affiliation of the candidate, nor membership or acti- 28 vity in partisan political organizations. Such statement shall 1 be filed in the office of the City Clerk at the time the candidate 2 nomination papers are filed. Such statement may be withdrawn, but 3 not changed, during the period for filing nomination papers and 4 until 5:00 p.m. of the next working day after the close of the 5 nomination period. 5 . SECTION 2. That in compliance with the recent amendments to \ 7 the Federal Voting Rights Act of 1965 (Public Law 94-73, August 6, 8 1975) the City Clerk shall provide a Spanish translation of the 9 candidate's statement to be included in the Voter's Pamphlet and 10 mailed with the sample ballot to each voter in said City. 11 SECTION 3. That the City Clerk shall send to each voter with 12 the sample ballot, a voter's pamphlet which contains the statement 13 of each candidate in English and Spanish pursuant to law. 14 SECTION 4. That each candidate filing a candidate's state- 15 ment shall be billed for the services rendered, a sum not greater 16 than the actual prorated costs of printing and handling and such 17 bill shall be due and payable immediately upon receipt thereof. 18 SECTION 5. That the City Clerk shall provide each candidate 19 or the candidate's representative a copy of this Resolution at the 20 time nominating petitions are issued. 21 SECTION 6. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage 22 and adoption of this Resolution; shall enter the same in the book 23 of original Resolutions of said City; and shall make a minute of 24 passage and adoption thereof in the records of the proceedings 25 of the City Council of said City, in the minutes of the meeting at 26 which the same is passed and adopted. 27 III 28 / / / 2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 ,:13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at an adjourned regular meeting of the City Council held on the 22nd day of November 1977, by the following vote, to wit: AYES: Councilmen Frazee, Lewis, Skotnicki.and CounciIwoman Casler NOES: Councilman Packard ABSENT:None ROBERT C. FRAZEE, Ma ATTEST: M/YRGMET E. ADAMS, city cierk (SEAL)