CC RESOLUTION 4332RESOLUTION NO. 4-v12
A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING REQUIREMENTS FOR CANDIDATE
STATEMENTS FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK TO BE INCLUDED
WITH VOTER INFORMATION FOR AN ELECTION ON APRIL 13,
2004.
The City Council of the city of El Segundo resolves as follows:
SECTION 1: Pursuant to Elections Code § 13307, candidates seeking election to office on
April 13, 2004 may prepare a candidate's statement on forms provided by the City Clerk.
SECTION 2: Statements filed in accordance with this Resolution may include the following:
A. The candidate's name, age, and occupation; and
B. A statement consisting not more than two hundred (200) words outlining the
candidate's education and qualifications for office.
SECTION 3: The candidate's statement must conform with the following:
A. It may not identify the candidate's membership in any political party or activity in
partisan political organization;
B. It must be uniform in type and size and must be presented with block paragraphs;
C. It may not include bolding, underlining, italics, asterisks, or other, similar, type of
formatting;
D. It must be typewritten using at least a 12 point font;
E. It must be filed in the City Clerk's office with a candidate's nomination papers;
F. Although it may be withdrawn during the time for filing nomination papers and
until 5:00 p.m. the next working day after the close of the nomination period, the
statement may not be changed.
SECTION 4: Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1973aa -la., the City Clerk will:
A. Translate all candidate statements into Spanish;
B. Make translated copies of candidate statements publicly available;
SECTION 5: Candidates filing a statement must pay to the City the following:
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A. A fee equal to a candidate's pro rata share of the total actual cost for printing,
handling, translating, and mailing candidate statements.
B. At the time of filing a statement, the candidate will deposit $800 with the City
Clerk which represents the following estimated costs:
1. The cost of printing the statement in the voter's pamphlet in English:
$325;
2. The cost of translating the statement into Spanish: $150; and
3. The cost of printing the statement in the voter's pamphlet in Spanish:
$325.
C. Should a candidate's actual pro rated cost exceed the amount on deposit with the
City Clerk, the candidate will, within thirty (30) days of receiving an invoice, pay the
City Clerk any difference between the deposit amount and the actual cost.
D. Should a candidate's actual pro rated cost be less than the amount deposited with
the City Clerk, then the City Clerk will refund any overpayment to a candidate within
thirty (30) days after the election.
SECTION 6: Candidates may not include any additional materials in the sample ballot package.
SECTION 7: The City Clerk is directed to provide a copy of this Resolution to each candidate,
or a candidate's representative, at the time nominating petitions are issued.
SECTION 8: This Resolution will remain effective until superseded by a subsequent resolution.
SECTION 9: This Resolution will become effective immediately upon adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 21st day of Octobe , 2003.
Mike d6rdon, May
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Cindy Mort sen, City Perk
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Mark D. Hen ey
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CERTIFICATION
STATE OF CAIAF44RNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO )
I, Cindy Mortesen, City Clerk of the City of El Segundo, California, DO HEREBY CERTIFY
that the whole number of members of the City Council of the said City is five; that the foregoing
resolution, being RESOLUTION NO. 4332 was duly passed and adopted by the said City
Council, approved and signed by the Mayor of said City, and attested by the City Clerk of said
City, all at a regular meeting of the said Council held on the 21stday of October
2003, and the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Gordon, Jacobs, McDowell, Wernick
NOES: None
ABSENT: Gaines
ABSTENTION: None
NOT PARTICIPATING: None
WITNESS MY HAND THE OFFICIAL SEAL OF SAID CITY this 21st day october ,
2003.
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Cindy ortesen, City Clerk
Of the City of El Segundo,
California
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