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RESOLUTION NO. 82-53
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY C0UNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN,
CALIFORNIA, URGING THAT ALL BALLOTS AND BALLOT MATERIALS
BE PRINTED IN ENGLISH ONLY AND THAT SAMPLE BALLOTS BE
PRINTED IN AT LEAST TEN-POINT TYPE
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
WHEREAS, in order to become a citizen of the United States, a
candidate must be able to speak and read English; and
WHEREAS, i~ order to be a registered voter, a candidate must be a
citizen of the United States; and
WHEREAS, the government does not print the ballot in Polish,
Italian, French, Chinese, Swahili, Vietnamese, Korean, or any other foreign
language except Spanish; and
WHEREAS, Senator S. I. Hayakawa has sponsored a constitutional
amendment to make English the official language; and
WHEREAS, sample ballots should be printed on white paper with
black ink.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that ~e Tustin City Council here-
by requests all Orange County cities, the County government, our State rep-
resentatives from our district, and the Federal representatives fr. om our
district to pass a law to put this Resolution in action.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the
City of Tustin, California, on July 6, 1982
' MAYOR J
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
CC~N~ OF ORANGE ) SS
CITY OF TUSTIN )
MARY E. WYNN, City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of
Tustin, California, does hereby certify that the whole number of the members of
the City Council of the City of Tustin is five; that the above and foregoing
Resolution No. 82-53 was duly and regularly introduced, passed and adopted at a
regular meeting of the City Council held on the 6th day of July,1982, by the
following vote:
AYES : COUNCILPERSONS: Edgar, Kennedy, Greinke, Hoesterey, Saltarelli
NOES : COUNCILPERSONS: None
ABSENT: COUNCILPERSON S: None
City of Tustin, ~lifornia
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