CC RESOLUTION 4947RESOLUTION NO. 4947
A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING REQUIREMENTS FOR CANDIDATE
STATEMENTS FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK TO BE INCLUDED WITH
VOTER INFORMATION FOR AN ELECTION ON TUESDAY, APRIL 1 2, 2016.
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 12, 2016 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 balding, underlining, italics, asterisks, or other, similar,
type of formatting;
D. It must be typewritten using a Helvetica, 10 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F. Although it may be withdrawn during the time for filing nomination papers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 -1a., the City Clerk will:
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A. Translate all candidate statements into Spanish; and
B. Make translated copies of candidate statements publicly available.
SECTION 5 Candidates filing a statement must pay to the City the following:
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 $775 (or $475
if the candidate does not want his or her statement printed in Spanish in
the voter's pamphlet) with the City Clerk which represents the following
estimated costs:
1. The cost of printing the statement in the voter's pamphlet in
English: $300;
2, The cost of translating the statement into Spanish: $175; and
3. The cost of printing the statement in the voter's pamphlet in
Spanish: $300.
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
: 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: The City Clerk is directed to certify the adoption of this Resolution; record
this Resolution in the book of the City's original resolutions, and make a minute of this
adoption of the Resolution in the City Council's records and the minutes of this meeting.
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SECTION 9: This Resolution will become effective immediately upon adoption and
remain effective unless repealed or superseded.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 17th day of November 2015.
ATTEST,
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Tracy Weav o, City Clerk
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Mark D. Her Cite Attorney
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