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RESOLUTION NO. 97-��
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
REDDING ADOPTING REGULATIONS FOR CANDIDATES FOR
ELECTIVE OFFICE IN THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION
TO BE HELD IN REDDING ON TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 1998;
PERTAIlvING TO MATERIALS SUBMITTED TO THE
ELECTORATE AND THE COSTS THEREOF.
BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Redding, in compliance
with Section 13307 of the Elections Code of California, hereby sets forth the following
regulations applicable to a candidate's statement of qualifications, to be followed
whether the election is held by the City of Redding itself or by the County of Shasta for
and on behalf of the City:
Section 1. Each candidate for elective office in the City of Redding may
prepare a candidate's statement on an appropriate form provided by the City Clerk.
The 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
as expressed by the candidate himself or herself. The statement shall not include the
party affiliation of the candidate, nor membership or activity in partisan political
organizations. Such statement shall be filed in the office of the City Clerk when the
nomination papers are returned for filing.
Section 2. The City Clerk shall send to each voter a Sample Ballot/Voter
Information Pamphlet which contains the statement of each candidate pursuant to
Elections Code Section 13307. No other materials prepared by the candidates shall be
included in the Clerk's mailing of the Sample Ballot/Voter Information Pamphlet. �
� Section 3. The City Clerk sha11 estimate the total cost of printing, handling, �
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translating and mailing the Sample Ballot/Voter Information Pamphlets, including costs ��
incurred as a result of complying with the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as '`�
amended; and require each candidate filing a statement to pay in advance to the City �
Clerk his or her estimated pro rata share of the estimated total cost at the time of filing,
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as a condition of having his or her statement included in the Sample Ballot/Voter
Information Pamphlet.
A. In the event of underpayment, the City Clerk shall prorate the
underpayment amongst the candidates, and require each candidate to pay
his or her share of the balance of the costs incurred to the City Clerk
within thirty (30) days of the election; and
B. In the event of overpayment, the City Clerk shall prorate and refund the
excess amount paid amongst the candidates within thirty (30) days of the
election.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was introduced, read and
adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Redding on the 2nd day
of December, 1997, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEM[BERS: Anderson, Kehoe, McGeorge and Murray
NOES: COUNCII. MEM[BERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEIVIBERS: None
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEIVIBERS: None
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KEN MURRAY, ayor
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Attest:
Connae Strohmayer, ty Clerk
Form Approved:
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W. Leonard Wingate, Ci�Attorney
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