HomeMy WebLinkAbout9235 - General Municipal Election - 4-11-78RESOLUTION NO. 9235
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING REGU-
LATIONS FOR CANDIDATES FOR ELECTIVE OFFICE,
PERTAINING TO MATERIALS SUBMITTED TO THE
• ELECTORATE AND THE COSTS THEREOF FOR THE
GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD IN
SAID CITY ON TUESDAY, THE 11TH DAY OF
APRIL, 1978
WHEREAS, Section 10012 of the Elections Code of the
State of California authorizes the governing body of any
local agency to adopt regulations pertaining to materials pre-
pared by any candidate for a municipal election, including
costs thereof; and
WHEREAS, it is the opinion of the Attorney General
of the State of California (No. CV
candidate may not be billed for the
preparing candidates' statements in
requested by the candidate but were
of recent amendments to the Federal
(Public Law 94 -73, August 6, 1975);
76/5, May 6, 1976) that a
additional cost of
Spanish if such were not
required solely by reason
Voting Rights Act of 1965
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Newport
Beach DOES HEREBY RESOLVED, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER as
follows:
SECTION 1. That pursuant to Section 10012 of the
Elections Code of the State of California, each candidate for
elective office to be voted for at the General Municipal Election
to be held in the City of Newport Beach on the 11th day of
April, 1978, may prepare a candidate's statement on an appropriate
• form provided by the City Clerk. Such statement may include
the name, age and occupation of the candidate and a brief descrip-
tion of no more than two hundred (200) words of the candidate's
education and qualifications expressed by the candidate himself.
Such statement shall not include party affiliation of the candidate,
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nor membership or activity in partisan political organizations.
Such statement shall be filed in the office of the City Clerk
at the time the candidate's nomination papers are filed. Such
statement may be withdrawn, but not changed, during the period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. That in compliance with the recent amend-
ments to the Federal Voting Rights Act of 1965 (Public Law 94 -73,
August 6, 1975) the City Clerk shall provide a Spanish translation
of the candidate's statement to be made available to anyone
requesting the translation.
SECTION 3. That the City Clerk shall send to each
voter with the sample ballot, a voter's pamphlet which contains
the statement of each candidate in English (and Spanish for those
candidates who have requested the translation) pursuant to law.
SECTION 4. That each candidate filing a candidate's
statement shall be billed for the services rendered, a sum not
greater than the actual proated costs of printing and handling
and such bill shall be due and payable immediately upon receipt
thereof.
SECTION 5. That 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 6. That the City Clerk shall certify to the
passage and adoption of this Resolution; shall enter the same
in the book of original Resolutions of said City; and shall
make a minute of passage and adoption thereof in the records
of the proceedings of the City Council of said City, in the
minutes of the meeting at which the same is passed and adopted.
ADOPTED this 12th day of December , 1977.
ATTEST: Mayor
C TIFIED AS E pnlGINAL
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C ty Clerk J an CLERK or THE CITY or Never Uh4m DDO /bc
DEC 1 4 1977 12/7/77