RES-9286 Adopting Regulations of Candidates of Elective Office for Election November 7, 2000RESOLUTION NO. 9286
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF ORANGE, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING REGULATIONS
FOR CANDIDATES FOR ELECTIVE
OFFICE PERTAINING TO CANDIDATES
STATEMENTS SUBMITTED TO THE
VOTERS AT AN ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY,
NOVEMBER 7, 2000.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 ORANGE,CALIFORNIA,
DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE, AND ORDER
AS FOLLOWS:SECTION
I. GENERAL PROVISIONS. That pursuant to Section 13307 of the
Elections Code of the State of Cali fomi a, each candidate for elective office to be vot(:
d for at an Election to be held in the City of Orange on November 7, 2000 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 desGription
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 typewritten 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 The statement may be withdrawn, but not changed,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 state law, the candidates statement must be translated and printed in Spanish
at the candidates request.b. Pursuant
to the Voting Rights Act, the City is required to translate candidates'statements into
the following languages in addition to English: Spanish and Vietnamese.
c. The City Clerk shall:
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I. Have all translations made available upon request in the office of the City
Clerk.
SECTION 3. PAYMENT
I. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of printing the
candidates statement in English.
2. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of translating the
candidates statement into any foreign language as specified in (b) above
pursuant to State and/or Federal law.
3. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of printing the
candidates statement in a foreign language.
The City Clerk shall estimate the total cost of printing, handling, translating and mailing
the candidate's 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 election to another election and may be significantly
more or less than the estimate, depending on the actual number of candidates filing
stat(:ments. 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 ofthe cost incurred. In the event of overpayment, the clerk
shall prorate the excess amount among the candidates and refund the excess amount paid
within 30 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 repr'
esentativea 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
November 7, 2000 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.ADOPTED
this 13th day of June, 2000.ATTEST:
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4A:r CassandraJ.
Cath'art, CityClerk of the City of Orange I hereby
certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly adopted by the City
Council ofthe City of Orange at a regular meeting thereof held on the 13th day of June,
2000 by the following vote:AYES:NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN
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MBERS: MURPHY, SLATER, COONTZ, SPURGEON, ALVAREZ CO~CILMEMBERS:
NONE CO~CILMEMBERS:
NONE CO~CILMEMBERS:
NONE r4l'-4'~
CassandraJ.
Cathc , City Clerk of the City of Orange Reso 9286