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RESOLUTION NO. 3416
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
REDLANDS CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING REGU-
LATIONS FOR CANDIDATES FOR ELECTIVE OFFICE, PERTAIN-
ING TO MATERIALS SUBMITTED TO THE ELECTORATE AND
THE COSTS THEREOF FOR THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELEC-
TION TO BE HELD IN SAID CITY ON TUESDAY, THE 7tll -DAY
OF March 1078
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 candi-
date for a municipal election, including 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 solely by reason of
recent amendments to the Federal Voting Rights Act of 1965 (Public Law 94-73, August 6, 1975);
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDLANDS
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 General Municipal Election to be held
in the City of Redlands –on the__Z_day of March — , 1918— 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 organi-
zations. 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 Such statement may be withdrawn, but not changed, during the period for filing nomina-
tion 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 be included in the Voter's Pamphlet and mailed with the sample ballot
to each voter in said City.
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.
SECTION 4. That each candidate filing a candidate's statement shall 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 immediately upon receipt thereof.
SECTION 5. That the City CIerk shall provide each candidate or the candidate's repre-
sentative a copy of this Resolution at the time nominating petitions are issued_
SECTION 6, That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adaption of this Reso-
lution; shall enter the same in the book of original Resolutions of said City; and shall make a minute of
passage and adoption thereof in the records of the proceedings of the City Council of said City, in the
minutes of the meeting at which the same is passed and adopted.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 15_ day of, ,'Noyemlier� 19='
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Resolution No. 3416
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