HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES NO 10-74RESOLUTION NO. 10-74
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAKERSFIELD
PROVIDING FOR CONSOLIDATION OF THE BAKERSFIELD SPECIAL
MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO FILL A VACANCY IN THE SEVENTH
WARD IN THE OFFICE OF COUNCILMAN, WITH THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA DIRECT PRIMARY ELECTION TO BE HELD ON
JUNE 4, 1974, AND REQUESTING THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF THE COUNTY OF KERN TO ORDER THE CONSOLIDATION OF
SAID ELECTIONS.
WHEREAS, Section 23302 of the Elections Code of the State
of California provides that whenever an election called by a city
for the submission of any office to be filled is to appear upon
the same ballot as that provided for a statewide election, the city
shall, at least 74 days prior to the date of the election, file
with the Board of Supervisors, and a copy with the County Clerk, a
resolution of its governing board requesting such consolidation
and setting forth the exact form of any office to be voted upon at
such election, as the same is to appear on the ballot; and
WHEREAS, on the 4th day of February, 1974, pursuant to
Section 16 of Article III of the Bakersfield City Charter, the
City Council of the City of Bakersfield did pass and adopt
Resolution No. 9-74 calling a Special Municipal Election to be
held in the Seventh Ward of the City of Bakersfield on the 4th day
of June, 1974, for the purpose of filling the vacancy in said
Seventh Ward in the office of City Councilman for the remainder
of the unexpired term; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the City Council of the
City of Bakersfield that said Special Municipal Election be consoli-
dated with the State of California Direct Primary Election to be
held June 4, 1974.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the
City of Bakersfield as follows:
1. That the Board of Supervisors of the County of Kern
is hereby requested to make an order, pursuant to Section 23302
of the ]Elections Code of the State of California, consolidating
the Special Election called by the Council of the City of Bakersfield
for June 4, 1974, with the State of California Direct Primary
Election to be held on the same date.
2. That the exact form of the office to be voted upon
at such election as the same is t'o appear on the ballot, is as
follows:
$OUNCILMAN - SEVENTH WARD Vote FOr
3'. That said Board of Supervisors is further requested
to provide that within the Seventh Ward of the City of Bakersfield,
the election precincts, polling places and voting booths shall, in
every case, be the same and there shall be only one set of election
officers in each of the precincts established in the Seventh Ward
for said Special Municipal Election and the State of California
Direct ]Primary Election and that the exact form of the office to
be voted upon and the names of the candidates for such office as
filed with the County Clerk, shall be set forth in each ballot to
be used at said Special Municipal Election within the Seventh Ward.
4. Said Board of Supervisors of Kern County is further
requested to cause said City office and such list of candidates to
be printed upon each of the ballots to be used in the said Seventh
Ward of the City of Bakersfield at said SpeCial Municipal Election
consolidated with the State of California Direct Primary Election,
within the Seventh Ward, including absent voter ballots. Said
Board is further requested to cause to be set forth said City office
and list of candidates therefor on all sample ballots relating to
said Special Municipal Election and to mail to the qualified electors
of the Seventh Ward said sample ballots and polling place cards
relating to said Special Municipal Election, all in the time and_in
the form required by law and to provide absent voter ballots for
said consolidated election for use by qualified electors of the
Seventh Ward in the City of Bakersfield who may be entitled thereto,
in the manner provided by law.
5. That the Board of Supervisors of the County of Kern
is hereby authorized to canvass or cause to be canvassed the returns
of said Special Municipal Election in the Seventh Ward of the City
of Bakersfield, and are requested to certify the results of the
canvass of said returns to the Council of the City of Bakersfield,
who shall thereupon declare the results thereof.
6. That the City Clerk or any employee in such office is
hereby directed to transmit and file certified copies of this
resolution with the Board of Supervisors of Kern County and the
County Clerk of Kern County, as required by Section 23302 of the
Elections Code of the State of California. Any employee of said
City Clerk's Office may certify copies of this resolution.
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was passed
and adopted by the Council of the City of. Bakersfield at a regular
meeting thereof held on the 4th'-~day of February , 1974, by the
following vote:
A'I'~B: COUNCILMEN BLEE~CKER, HE'ISEY, MEDDERS, ROGERS, STRONG, THOMAS
NoEs: COUNC,,,.,,EN,
ABSENT COUNCILMEn:
the Council of the City of Bakersfield
APPROVED this 4th ay of
_PROVED thi_~o
f
February 1974
Bakersfield
APPROVED as to form: