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RESOLUTION NO, 4872
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, ADOPT~ REl;ULATIONS FOR
CANDIDATES FOR ELECTIVE OFFICE, PERTAININ:; TO
MATERIALS SUBMITTED TO THE ELECTORATE AND THE
COSTS THEREOF FOR THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION
TO BE HELD IN SAID CITY ON TUESDAY, THE 8TH
DAY OF APRIL, 1980,
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 costs thereof; and
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA,
DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, 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 beneral Municipal Election to be held in the City of
Arcadia on the 8th day of April, 1980, 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 qualifications expressed by the candidate himself, Such
statement shall not include party affiliation of the candidate, 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nomination papers are filed, Such statement may be withdrawn, but
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-~ 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 amendments 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
anyone requesting the translations,
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 hve requested the translation
pursuant to law.
SECTION 4, That each candidate filing a candidate's statement shall
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be billed for the services rendered, a sum not greater than the actual prorated
costs of printing and handling and such bill shall be due and payable
Unmediately 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,
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was adopted at a
regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Arcadia held on the 18th
day of December 1979, by the affirmative vote of at least three Council Members,
to wi t :
AYES Councilmen Gilb, Parry, Pellegrino, Saelid and Margett
NOES None
City Clerk of
ABSENT: None
SIGNED AND APPROVED THIS
December ,1979.
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