Res 14-034RESOLUTION NO. 14 -034
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF POWAY, CALIFORNIA,
ADOPTING A FEE AND REGULATIONS
FOR CANDIDATES FOR ELECTIVE OFFICE
PERTAINING TO CANDIDATE STATEMENTS SUBMITTED
TO THE VOTERS AT A GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION
TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2014
WHEREAS, Section 13307 of the Elections Code of the State of California provides
that the governing body of any local agency may adopt regulations pertaining to materials
prepared by any candidate for a municipal election, including costs of the candidate
statement.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Poway, as
follows:
Section 1. General Provisions.
That pursuant to Section 13307 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 Poway on November 4, 2014, may prepare a candidate 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 200 words of the
candidate's education and qualifications expressed by the candidate himself or herself.
Such statement shall not include party affiliation of the candidate, nor membership or
activity in partisan political organizations. The statement shall be filed in typewritten form 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statement may be withdrawn, but not changed, during the period for filing nomination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 5:30 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, candidate statements will be
translated into all languages required by the Registrar of Voters Office of the County of San
Diego. The County is required to translate candidate's statements into the following
languages: Spanish, Vietnamese, Filipino and Chinese.
B. All translations shall be provided by professionally- certified translators.
C. The Registrar of Voters will print and mail separate sample ballots and
candidates' statements in Spanish, Vietnamese, Filipino and Chinese to only those voters
who are on the County voter file as having requested a sample ballot in a particular
language. The Registrar of Voters will make the sample ballots and candidates' statements
in the required languages available at all polling places, on the County's website and in the
Election Official's office.
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Section 3. Additional Materials.
No candidate will be permitted to include additional materials in the sample ballot
package.
Section 4. Payment.
The City Clerk shall estimate the total cost of printing, handling, translating as
specified, and mailing the candidate's statements filed pursuant to the Elections Code,
including costs incurred as a result of complying with the Federal Voting Rights Act and
require each candidate filing a statement to pay in advance his or her estimated pro rata
share of $800 as a condition of having his or her statement included in the voter's
pamphlet. The estimated amount 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 and the number
of registered voters in the City. 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.
Section 5. That this resolution shall apply only to the election to be held on
November 4, 2014.
Section 6. 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 7. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this
Resolution and enter it into the book of original Resolutions.
Section 8. The City Clerk is hereby directed to file a certified copy of this
Resolution with the Registrar of Voters of the County of San Diego.
PASSED, ADOPTED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Poway
at a regular meeting this 17th day of June 2014.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO)
I, Sheila R. Cobian, CIVIC, City Clerk of the City of Poway, do hereby certify under
penalty of perjury that the foregoing Resolution No. 14 -034 was duly adopted by the City
Council at a meeting of said City Council held on the 17th day of June 2014, and that it was
so adopted by the following vote:
AYES: VAUS, MULLIN, GROSCH, HIGGINSON
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: CUNNINGHAM,
DISQUALIFIED: NONE
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Sheil R. Cobian, CIVIC, City Clerk
City of Poway