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RESOLUTION NO. 3-82
rRESOLUTION OF THE ATASCADERO CITY COUNCIL ADOPTING REGULATIONS
FOR CANDIDATES FOR ELECTIVE OFFICE PERTAINING TO MATERIALS
SUBMITTED TO THE ELECTORATE AND THE COSTS THEREOF FOR ALL
GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS TO BE HELD BY SAID CITY
' 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 prepared by any candidate for a
municipal election, including the costs thereof; and
WHEREAS, it is the opinion of the Attorney General of the State of
California (No. CV 76/5, May 6, 1976) that a candidate may not be
billed for the additional cost of preparing candidates' statements in
Spanish if such were not requested by the candidate but were required
soley by reason of recent amendments to the Federal Voting Rights Act
of 1965 (Public Law 94-73, August 6, 1975) .
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Atascadero City Council 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 all General Municipal Elections held in the City of Atas-
cadero, 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 description of no more
than two hundred (200) words of the candidate's education and qualifi-
cations expressed by the candidate himself and shall be typewritten,
double spaced and free of errors, properly punctuated, and the use of
upper and lower case lettering. Such statement shall not include
party affiliation of the candidate, nor membership of activity in par-
tisan political organizations or other extraneous matters. 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withdrawn, but not changed, during the period for filing nomination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. on the next working day after the close of
the nomination period.
Section 2. That in compliance with the recent amendments to the
Federal Voting Rights Act of 1965 (Public Law 94-73, August 6, 1975)
the County Clerk shall provide a Spanish translation of the candi-
date' s statement to those registered voters as targeted.
Section 3. The County Clerk, in accordance with the City' s re-
quest for consolidation and services, shall send to each voter with
the sample ballot, a voter ' s pamphlet which contains the statement of
each candidate.
Section 4. That the City Clerk shall estimate the costs of print-
ing and handling the candidates' statements and require each candidate
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filing a statement to pay, in advance, his or her pro rata share as a
condition of having his or her statement included in the voters' pam-
phlet.
' 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.
' On motion by Councilman Highland and seconded by Councilman
Stover the foregoing resolution is hereby adopted in its entirety
on the following roll call vote:
AYES: Councilmen Highland, Mackey, Nelson, Stover and Mayor
Wilkins
' NOES: None
ABSENT: None
' ADOPTED: January 25, 1982
R BERT J. WILK NS, J . , May
ATTEST:
MUR Y . WARDEN, City Clerk
APPROVED AS T FORM:
ALLEN GRIMES, City Attorney
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