HomeMy WebLinkAbout7280 RESOLUTION NO. 7280
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA,
CALIFORNIA ADOPTING REGULATIONS FOR CANDIDATES FOR
ELECTIVE OFFICE PERTAINING TO CANDIDATES STATEMENTS
SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS AT AN ALL-MAIL BALLOT GENERAL
MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 2020
WHEREAS, Section 13307 of the Elections Code of the State of California
provides that the governing body of any local agency shall adopt regulations pertaining
to materials prepared by any candidate for a municipal election, including costs of the
candidates' statement.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA,
CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY FIND, DETERMINE AND RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS. Pursuant to Section 13307 of the
Elections Code of the State of California, each candidate for elective office to be voted
for at the All Mail Ballot General Municipal Election to be held in the City of Arcadia on
Tuesday, April 14, 2020, may prepare a candidate's statement on an appropriate form
provided by the Elections Official for inclusion in the voter information guide. 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 candidate himself or herself. The statement shall not
include party affiliation of the candidate, nor membership or activity in partisan political
organizations. The statement shall be filed in typewritten format in the office of the City
Clerk at the time the candidate's nomination papers are filed. The statement may be
withdrawn, but not changed, during the period for filing nomination papers and until 5:00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.
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SECTION 2. FOREIGN LANGUAGE POLICY.
(A) Pursuant to the Federal Voting Rights Act, candidates statements will be
translated into all languages required by the County of Los Angeles. The County is
required to translate candidate's statements into the following languages: Chinese,
Korean, Spanish, and Vietnamese languages.
(B) The County will mail separate voter information guides and candidates
statements in Spanish and Chinese to only those voters who are on the county voter file
as having requested a voter information guide in a particular language. The County will
make the voter information guides and candidates statements in the required languages
available at all polling places, on the County's website, and in the Election Official's
office.
SECTION 3. PAYMENT.
A. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of translating the
candidate's statement into any required foreign language as specified in
subsections (A) and (B) of Section 2 above pursuant to Federal and
State law.
B. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of printing the
candidate's statement in English in the main voter information guide.
C. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of printing the
candidate's statement in a foreign language required by subsection (A)
of Section 2 above in the main voter information guide.
D. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of printing the
candidate's statement in any foreign language requested by the
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candidate pursuant to subsection (B) of Section 2 above in the main
voter information guide.
The Elections Official shall estimate the total cost of printing, handling,
translating, and mailing the candidate's statements filed pursuant to this section,
including costs incurred as a result of complying with the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (as
amended), and require each candidate filing a statement to pay in advance to the
Elections Official his or her estimated pro rata share as a condition of having his or her
statement included in the voter's pamphlet. The estimate of costs is just an
approximation of the actual cost that varies from one election to another and the actual
cost may ultimately be significantly more or less than the estimate, depending on the
actual number of candidates filing statements. Each candidate shall be required to pay
upon receipt of an invoice his or her prorated share of actual costs should those costs
exceed the estimated amount deposited. In the event of overpayment, the Elections
Official shall prorate the excess amount among the candidates and refund the excess
amount paid within thirty (30) days of the election.
SECTION 4. ADDITIONAL MATERIALS. No candidate will be permitted to
include additional materials in the sample ballot or voter information guide package.
SECTION 5. The Elections Official shall provide each candidate or the
candidate's representative a copy of this Resolution at the time nominating petitions are
issued.
SECTION 6. All previous resolutions establishing City Council policy on payment
for candidates' statements to the extent they are inconsistent herewith are deemed to
be of no further force or effect.
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SECTION 7. This Resolution shall apply only to the election to be held on April
14, 2020, and shall thereafter be deemed to be of no further force or effect.
SECTION 8. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution.
Passed, approved, and adopted this 3rd day of December, 2019.
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M/or of e City of Arcadia
ATTEST:
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Stephen P. Deitsch
City Attorney
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS:
CITY OF ARCADIA )
I, GENE GLASCO, City Clerk of the City of Arcadia, hereby certifies that the
foregoing Resolution No. 7280 was passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of
Arcadia, signed by the Mayor and attested to by the City Clerk at a regular meeting of said
Council held on the 3rd day of December, 2019 and that said Resolution was adopted by
the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Amundson, Beck, Tay, Chandler, and Verlato
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
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