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NO. 3
8-1-88
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FROM:
SUBdECT:
HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CITY ATTORNEY
CITY CLERK PRINTING AND MAILING SAMPLE BALLOTS
AND CANDIDATES' STATEMENTS
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Pursuant to Council dJ. rection, please find attached proposed
Resolution for Council adoption.
JAMES ~ ROURKE
City Attorney
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Enclosure
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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF TUSTIN, CALIFORNIA,
ADOPTING REGULATIONS FOR CANDIDATES
FOR ELECTIVE OFFICE PERTAINING TO
CANDIDATES STATEMENTS SUBMITTED TO
THE VOTERS'ATAN ELECTION.
WHEREAS, Section 10012 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;
NO~, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN,
CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND
ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1.. GENERAL PROVISIONS. That pursuant to
Section ~0012 of the Elections Code of the State of
California, each candidate for elective office to be voted
for at an Election in the City of Tustin 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 of the candidate's
education and qualifications expressed bY-the cax'~didate
himself or herself. Th~ statement shall not include, party
affiliation of the candidate, nor membership or activity in
partisan political organizations. The statement shall be
filed in the office of the City Clerk at the time the
candidate's nomination papers are. filed, except that any
candidate who has filed his or her nomination papers prior
to adoption of this Resolution shall file such statement
within seven (7) days following adoption of this
Resolution. The statement may be withdrawn, but not
changed, during the period for filing nomination papers and
until 5:00 p.m. on the next working day after the close of
the nomination period.
SECTION 2. SPANISH LANGUAGE. The City Clerk shall
have all candidate's statements translated and available
upon request in the City Clerk's office.
SECTION 3. ADDITIONAL MATERIALS. NO candidate will be
permitted to. include additional materials in .the sample
ballot package.
SECTION 4. PAYMENT. The City Clerk shall estimate the
total cost-:of printing, handli.ng, translating, and mailing
the candid~'ite's statements filed pursuant to the Elections
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Code, an~. quire each candidate L nga statement to pay
in advance his or her pro rata share as a condition of
having his or her statement included in the voter' s
pamphlet. The City Clerk shall bill each candidate for any
cost in excess of the deposit or shall refund within 30 days
of the election any unused portion of the deposit.
SECTION 5. The City Clerk shall cause sample ballots
and candidate statements to be printed and mailed to each
registered voter within the City of Tustin.
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 and as t6 any
candidate or candidates' representative to whom nominating
petitions have been issued prior to adoption of this
Resolution, the City Clerk forthwith shall upon adoption of
this Resolution provide a copy of this Resolution to each
such candidate or candidate's representative.
SECTION 7. Ail provisions of previous resolutions
establishin9 Council policy on printing, payment and mailing
of candidate's statements are repealed to the extent they
are inconsistent with this Resolution.
SECTION 8. This Resolution shall apply at the next
ensuing municipal election in November 1988 and at each
municipal election after that time.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at an adjourned megting of the
City Council of the City-of Tustin, California, held on the
Ist day of Au§ust, t9881
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