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Item .8
Meeting Date 7/14/81
ITEM TITLE: Resolution~QS~~ Adopting regulations for candidates for the Mayor's
Office pertaining to materials submitted to the electorate and costs
thereof for the November 3, 1981 Consolidated General Election
SUBMITTED BY: City Clerk
(4/5ths Vote: Yes No x )
In accordance with the Federal Voting Rights Act of 1965 (amended
1975), the City Clerk is charged with providing a Spanish translation
of the Candidate's Statement to those candidates who wish to have
one - this charge is borne by the City and not the candidate. In
accordance with the provisions of the Elections Code, it is my
RECOMMENDATION: that the City Council approve the resolution which
defines the cost of the Candidates' Statements and further, does
not allow candidates the option of sending out their campaign
material with the sample ballots.
DISCUSSION:
For the November 3, 1981 election, the Registrar of Voters office
will be sending out 255 different ballots. In view of this
complex multiplicity of ballots, they have determined that no
separate campaign materials can be permitted.
The Registrar of Voters is now sending out a separate Spanish
sample ballot package to a list of those people who have requested
same. The Spanish translation of the Candidate' Statements
for the office of Mayor will be included in this booklet.
Section 10012 of the State Elections Code now permits a local
agency to estimate the total cost of printing, handling, translating
and mailing of the Candidates' Statements and require the candidate
to pay in advance his or her pro rata share as a condition of having
the statement included in the voter's pamphlet. Collecting this
money in the past has not been th at much of a problem and it would
be my recommendation not to charge the candidate,, in advance but to
continue billing them on an actual prorated cost of the printing
and handling of these Statements as soon as the invoice is received
from the printer.
FISCAL IMPACT: Not known at this time.
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