HomeMy WebLinkAbout2008-06-17; City Council; Resolution 2008-1731 RESOLUTION NO. 2008-173
2 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING REGULATIONS
3 FOR CANDIDATES FOR ELECTIVE OFFICE PERTAINING
TO CANDIDATES' STATEMENTS SUBMITTED TO THE
VOTERS AT GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE
5 HELD IN THE CITY OF CARLSBAD ON TUESDAY,
NOVEMBER 4. 2008.
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1 WHEREAS, Section 13307 of the Elections Code of the State of California provides that
8 the governing body of any local agency adopt regulations pertaining to materials prepared by
9 any candidate for a municipal election, including costs of the candidate's statements;
10 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Carlsbad,
11 California, as follows:
12 1. That the above recitations are true and correct.
13 2. GENERAL PROVISIONS. That pursuant to Section 13307 of the Elections Code
14 of the State of California, each candidate for elective office to be voted for at an election to be
held in the City of Carlsbad on November 4, 2008, 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 two hundred (200) words
18 of the candidate's education and qualifications expressed by the candidate herself or himself.
19 The statement shall not include any party affiliation of the candidate, nor membership or
20 activity in partisan political organizations. The statement shall be filed in the Office of the City
21 Clerk at the time the candidate's nomination papers are filed. The statement may be
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withdrawn, but not changed, during the period for filing nomination papers and until 5:00 p.m.
23 of the next working day after the close of the nomination period.
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3. LANGUAGE TRANSLATIONS. Pursuant to a memorandum of agreement
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between the County of San Diego and the United States in June 2004 relating to Section 203
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of the Federal Voting Rights Act, each candidate's statement will be translated into Spanish,
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Tagalog, and Vietnamese languages.
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1 4. ADDITIONAL MATERIALS. No candidate will be permitted to include additional
2 materials in the sample ballot package.
3 5. PAYMENT. Each candidate filing a candidate's statement is required to pay for
4 the services rendered a sum not greater than her or his actual prorata share of costs for
5 printing, handling, mailing the candidate's statements, and for the cost of the Spanish,
6 Vietnamese and Tagalog translation.
7 6. Each candidate shall pay a $25.00 fee at the time the nomination papers are filed
8 with the City Clerk. In lieu of the $25.00 filing fee, candidates may process a petition-in-lieu by
9 acquiring four signatures for each $1.00 of the filing fee. A total of 100 signatures of
10 registered voters in the City shall replace the $25.00 filing fee. Petitions-in-lieu must be
11 submitted to the City Clerk's Office no later than 5:00 p.m., on July 29, 2008.
12 7. That the City Clerk shall provide each candidate, or the candidate's
13 representative, a copy of this resolution at the time nominating petitions are issued.
14 8. That this resolution shall apply only to the election to be held on
15 November 4, 2008, and shall then be repealed.
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the
City of Carlsbad on the 17tb day of June 2008, by the following vote:
AYES: Council Members Lewis, Kulcbin, Hall, Packard and Nygaard.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
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ATTEST:
LORRAINE M. WOOD, City Clerk
(SEAL)
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