86RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING REQUIREMENTS FOR CANDIDATE
STATEMENTS FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK TO BE INCLUDED
WITH VOTER INFORMATION FOR AN ELECTION ON APRIL 08,
2008.
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 08, 2008 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F. Although it may be withdrawn during the time for filing nomination papers and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 -Ia., 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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