RES-11543 CANDIDATE STATEMENTS REGULATIONS 11-5-2024 ELECTIONRESOLUTION NO. 11543
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ORANGE ADOPTING REGULATIONS
FOR CANDIDATES FOR ELECTIVE OFFICE
PERTAINING TO CANDIDATE STATEMENTS
SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS AT AN ELECTION
TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY,NOVEMBER 5,2024
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 candidate statement.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Orange does hereby resolve,
declare, determine and order as follows:
SECTION 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS. 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 Orange on November 5,2024,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 typewritten form and electronic format(as specified by the City Clerk)
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may be withdrawn, but not changed, during the period for filing nomination papers and until 5:00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. Pursuant to the Federal Voting Rights
Act, candidate statements will be translated into all languages required by the County of Orange.
The County will mail separate voter information guides and candidate statements in the required
languages to only those voters who are on the County voter file as having requested a voter
information guide in a particular language. The County will make the voter information guides
and candidate statements in the required languages available at all vote centers, on the County's
website, and in the Election Official's office.
SECTION 3. PAYMENT. The candidate shall pay the total cost of printing, handling,
translating, and mailing the candidate's statement filed pursuant to this section, including costs
incurred as a result of complying with the Federal Voting Rights Act. The City Clerk shall require
each candidate filing a statement to pay in advance to the local agency his or her pro rata share, as
determined by the County of Orange Registrar of Voters, as a condition of having his or her
statement included in the voter information guide.
SECTION 4. MISCELLANEOUS. The City Clerk shall comply with all
recommendations and standards set forth by the California Secretary of State regarding
occupational designations and other matters relating to elections.
SECTION 5. ADDITIONAL MATERIALS. No candidate will be permitted to include
additional materials in the voter information guide.
SECTION 6. 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 7. All previous Resolutions establishing Council policy on payment for
candidates statements are repealed.
SECTION 8. This Resolution shall apply only to the election to be held on November 5,
2024, and shall thereafter be repealed by its own terms.
SECTION 9. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this Resolution
and enter it into the book of original Resolutions.
ADOPTED this 14th day of May 2024.
1 iel R. Slater, Mayor, City of Orange
ATTEST:
Pamela Coleman, City Clerk, City of Orange
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Mike Vigliotta, City Attorney
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss.
CITY OF ORANGE
I, PAMELA COLEMAN, City Clerk of the City of Orange, California, do hereby certify
that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly adopted by the City Council of the City of
Orange at a regular meeting thereof held on the 14th day of May 2024, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: Barrios, Dumitru,Tavoularis, Bilodeau, Gutierrez,
Gyllenhammer, and Slater
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
Pamela Coleman, City Clerk, City of Orange
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