HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC 6 BALLOTS IN ENGLISH 7-6-82RESOLUTI~ NO- 82-53
CONSENT CALENDAR
No. 6
7-6-82
2 A RES~LUTIC~ OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF %W3STIN,
CALIFORNIA, URGING THAT ~T.T. B~r.~.OTS AND BALLOT MATERIALS
3 BE PRINTED IN ENGLISH CNLY AND tHAT SAMPLE BALLOTS BE
PRINT~u IN AT LEAST TEN-POINT TYPE
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WHEREAS, the City of Tustin encourages their citizens to become
more involved in government; and
WHEREAS, in order for the citizens to be aware of the choices in
issues and candidates contained in the official material sent to the citi-
zens by their Registrar of Voters, it is necessary that said material be
printed in a minimum of ten-point type; and
9 WHEREAS, in order to become a citizen of the United States, a
candidate must be able to speak and read English; and
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WHEREAS, in order to be a registered voter, a candidate must be a
11 citizen of the United States; and
12 WHEREAS, the government does not print the ballot in Polish,
Italian, French, Chinese, Swahili, Vietnamese, Korean, or any other foreign
13 language except Spanish; and
14 WHEREAS, Senator S. I. Hayakawa has sponsored a constitutional
amendment to make English the official language; and
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WHEREAS, sample ballots should be printed on white ~aper with
16 black ink.
17 NO~, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Tustin City Council here-
by requests all Orange County cities, the County government, our State rep-
18 resentatives from our district, and the Federal representatives fr0~ our
district to pass a law to put this Resolution in action.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the
20 City of Tustin, California, on July 6, 1981.
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MAYOR
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CITY CLERK
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