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RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDDING
ADOPTING REGULATIONS FOR CANDIDATES FOR ELECTIVE OFFICE
PERTAINING TO MATERIALS SUBMITTED TO THE ELECTORATE AND THE
COSTS THEREOF FOR THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD
IN SAID CITY ON TUESDAY, APRIL 10 , 1984 .
BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Redding,
State of California, in compliance with Section 10012 of the
Elections Code of California, does hereby set forth the following
regulations applicable to a candidate ' s statement of qualifica-
tions to be followed whether the election be held by the City
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 statement of qualifications on an
appropriate form provided by the City Clerk. Such forms may
include the name, age and occupation of the candidate and a brief
description of not more than 200 words of the candidate ' s educa-
tion, experience and qualifications expressed by the candidate
personally.
Section 2. Such statement shall be filed in the office of
the City Clerk when the nomination papers are returned for
filing.
Section 3 . The City Clerk shall mail to each voter,
together with a sample ballot, a voter' s pamphlet which contains
the written statements of each candidate ' s qualifications as
filed by the candidate.
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Section 4 . The City Clerk shall provide a Spanish transla-
tion of the candidate ' s statement of qualifications to those
candidates who request that it be done.
Section 5. The City Clerk shall estimate the maximum total
cost of printing, handling, translating and mailing of the
candidate ' s statements, including costs incurred as a result of
complying with the Voting Rights Act of 1965 , as amended, and
shall require each candidate filing a statement to pay their
prorata share of said estimated total cost at the time of filing
as a condition of having their statement included in the voter' s
pamphlet. In the event of overpayment, the City Clerk shall
prorate the excess amount among the candidates and refund the
same within thirty (30) days of the election.
Section 6 . Candidates for elective office will not be
permitted to prepare separately other materials to be sent to
each voter in addition to the sample ballot and the voter' s
pamphlet.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was intro-
duced and read at a regular meeting of the City Council of the
City of Redding on the 3rd day of January , 1984 , and
was duly adopted at said meeting by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEN: Demsher, Fulton, Kirkpatrick, and Gard
NOES: COUNCILMEN: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: Pugh
ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEN: None
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: A:ARA ALLEN GARD, Mayor
City of Redding
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ATTEST:
ETHEL A. NICHOLS , City Clerk
FORM APPROVED:
RA ALL A. HAYS, Ci/y Attorney
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