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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 23-8149 - Adopting Regulations for Candidates Statements for Special Election on 11-07-23A • • THE CITY COUNCIL • THE CITY • r• CALIFORNIA, r• REGULATIONS FOR CANDIDATES FOR ELECTIVE OFFICE PERTAINING • CANDIDATES STATEMENTS SUBMITTED TO THE • AT A SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, • 7, 2023 WHEREAS, a vacancy in the office of City Council Member representing Council District 3 on the Downey City Council was created by the recall of Council Member Catherine Alvarez on February 14, 2023; and WHEREAS, by adoption of Resolution No. 23-8147, on February 14, 2023, the City Council has called and given notice of a Special Municipal Election to be held on Tuesday, November 7, 2023 in Council District 3 of the City of Downey, County of Los Angeles, for the purpose of electing a qualified replacement to fill the Council vacancy at said Special Municipal Election; and WHEREAS, Section 13307 of the Elections Code of the State of California provides that the governing body of any local agency shall adopt regulations pertaining to materials prepared by any candidate for a municipal election, including costs of the candidates' statement. FOLLOWS: Section 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS. Pursuant to Sections 13307 and 13308 of the Elections Code of the State of California, each candidate for elective office to be voted for at the Special Municipal Election to be held in the City of Downey on Tuesday, November 7, 2023, may prepare a candidate's statement on an appropriate form provided by the Elections Official for inclusion in the voter information guide. The 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 or herself. The statement shall not include party affiliation of the candidate, nor membership or activity in partisan political organizations. In addition, the statement shall be limited to a recitation of the candidate's own personal background and qualifications, and shall not in any way make reference to other candidates for that office or to another candidate's qualifications, character, or activities. The statement shall be filed in typewritten format 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 The statement may be withdrawn, but not changed, during the period for filing nomination papers and until 5:00 p.m. of the next working day after the close of the nomination period. Emm� il 1 111 W IONIA 00 (A) Pursuant to the Federal Voting Rights Act, candidates' statements will be translated by the County of Los Angeles into all languages required by law for the City of Downey election. (B) Pursuant to State law, a candidate's statement must be translated and printed in the voter information guide in any language at the candidate's request. (C) The Elections Official shall: (1) Translations W=111110 0 : , . W-Itj (a) have all candidate statements translated into the languages specified in subsection (A) above; and (b) have • those statements • the languages as requested by the candidate in subsection (B) above. (a) print all translations of all candidate statements in the main voter information guide. The main voter information guide will be in all languages required by law for the City • Downey election. (b) print any translations of candidates in the languages as requested by thz candidate in subsection (B) above. B. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of printing the candidate's statement in English in the main voter information • C. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of printing the candidate's statement in a foreign language required by subsection (A) of Section 2 abovz in the main voter information guide. 13The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of printing the candidate's statement in any foreign language requested by the candidate pursuant tit subsection (B) of Section 2 above in the main voter information guide. P-re-S-5-urdri trie e5umafe, Depenuing Un frie act number of candidates filing statements. Each candidate shall be required to pay upon receipt of an invoice his or her prorated share of actual costs should those costs exceed the estimated • deposited. In the event • overpayment, the Elections Official shall prorate the excess • among the candidates and refund the excess amount paid within thirty (30) •. • the • Section 4. MISCELLANEOUS. A. All candidate statements shall be translated by certified, registered or qualified translators/interpreters meeting the criteria • • •i` •; • RESOLUTION NO. 23-81,C7 B. The Elections Official shall allow bold type, underlining, capitalization, indentations, bullets, and leading hyphens to the same extent and manner as allowed in previous City elections. C. The Elections Official shall comply with all recommendations and standards set forth by the California Secretary of State regarding occupational designations and other matters relating to elections. Section 5. ADDITIONAL MATERIALS. No candidate will be permitted to include additional materials in the sample ballot or voter information guide package. Section 6. The Elections Official shall provide each candidate or the candidate's representative a copy of this Resolution at the time nominating petitions are issued. Section 7. All previous resolutions establishing City Council policy on payment for candidates' statements to the extent they are inconsistent herewith are deemed to be of no further force or effect. Section 8. This Resolution shall apply only to the election to be held on November 7, 2023, and shall thereafter be deemed to be of no further force or effect. Section 9. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution. APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 14 th day of February, 2023. a,, CLAUDIA M. FROMETAWayor '—OA MAL�ICIA b`UART , CMC City Clerk 1, Maria Alicia Duarte, City Clerk of the City Council of the City of Downey, California, do hereby certify that the whole number of the members of the City Council is four (4); that the above and foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly passed and adopted by at least three affirmative votes of all members at a Special meeting of the City Council of the City of Downey on the 14 th day of February, 2023, by the following vote: AYES: Council Members: Horn, Sosa, Trujillo, Frometa NOES: Council Members: None. ABSENT: Council Members: None, ABSTAIN: Council Members: None. 4&ALIAC�'IADU�ART ', MC�� City Clerk