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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2008-56 - Candidates for Elective OfficeRESOLUTION NO. 2008-56 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING REGULATIONS FOR CANDIDATES FOR ELECTIVE OFFICE PERTAINING TO CANDIDATES STATEMENTS SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS AT AN ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2008 WHEREAS, § 13307 of the Elections Code of the State of California provides that the governing body of any local agency 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 NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. General Provisions. That pursuant to §13307 of the Elections Code of the State of California, each candidate for elective office to be voted for at an election to be held in the City of Newport Beach on November 4, 2008 may prepare a candidates statement on an appropriate form provided by the City Clerk. The statement may include the name and a brief description of no more than 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 type written form, as well as in electronic 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 The statement may be withdrawn, but not changed, during the period for filing nomination papers and until 5:00 p.m. of the next working day after the close of the nomination period. SECTION 2. Foreign Language Policy. A. Pursuant to the Federal Voting Rights Act, the City is required to translate candidate statements into the following languages: Spanish and Chinese. B. Pursuant to state law, the candidates statement must be translated and printed in the voters pamphlet in any language at the candidate's request. 1 C. The City Clerk shall: 1. Have all candidates statements translated into the languages specified in (A) above and may have translated those statements into the languages requested by the candidate in (B) above. 2. Have all translations made available upon request in the office of the City Clerk. SECTION 3. Payment. A. Translations 1. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of translating the candidates statement into any required foreign language as specified in (A) and (B) of Section 2 above pursuant to state law and /or federal law. 2. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of translating the candidates statement into any foreign language that is not required as specified in (A) and (B) of Section 2 above pursuant to state and federal law, but is requested as an option by the candidate. B. Printing 1. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of printing the candidates statement in a foreign language required by (A) of Section 2 above, in the facsimile voter pamphlet. The City Clerk shall estimate the total cost of printing, handling, translating and mailing the candidates 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 local agency his or her estimated pro rata share as a condition of having his or her statement included in the voters' pamphlet. In the event the estimated payment is required, the estimate is just an approximation of the actual cost that varies from one election to another election and may be significantly more or less than the estimate, depending on the actual number of candidates filing statements. Accordingly, the Clerk is not bound by the estimate and may, on a pro rata basis, bill the candidate for additional actual expense or refund any excess paid depending on the final actual cost. In the event of underpayment, the Clerk may require the candidate to pay the balance of the cost incurred. In the event of overpayment, the Clerk 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 package. 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. SECTION 6. That all previous resolutions establishing Council policy on payment for candidates statements are repealed. SECTION 7. That this Resolution shall apply at the next ensuing municipal election and at each municipal election after that time. SECTION S. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this Resolution and enter it into the book of original resolutions. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTE4 s 24" day o#Ju'1y, 2008. ATTEST: C6t � CITY CLERK 3 MAYOR STATE OF CALIFORNIA } COUNTY OF ORANGE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH } I, LaVonne M. Harkless, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council is seven; that the foregoing resolution, being Resolution No. 2008 -56 was duly and regularly introduced before and adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting of said Council, duly and regularly held on the 24th day of June 2008, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit: Ayes: Henn, Rosansky, Daigle, Webb, Curry, Gardner, Mayor Selich Noes: None Absent: None Abstain: None IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of said City this 25th day of June 2008. (Seal) City Clerk Newport Beach, California