HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES NO 47-83RESOLUTION NO. 47-83
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAKERSFIELD PROVIDING FOR CANDIDATE'S STATE-
MENTS, TRANSLATION THEREOF, CHARGES THEREFOR,
AND OTHERWISE IMPLEMENTING THE PROVISIONS OF
SECTION 10012 OF THE ELECTIONS CODE.
BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED by the Council of the City of
Bakersfield as follows:
1. This resolution hereby supersedes resolution No. 2-76.
2. Each candidate for elective office in the City may
prepare a candidate's statement on an appropriate form provided
by the Clerk. Such statement may include the name, age and occupa-
tion of the candidate and a brief description of no more than 200
words, of the candidate's education and qualifications expressed
by the candidate himself. Such 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 his nomination papers are
returned for filing. It may be withdrawn, but not changed, during
the period for filing nomination papers and until 5 p.m. of the
next working day after the close of the nomination period.
3. The City Clerk shall cause to be sent to each voter,
together with the sample ballot, a voter's pamphlet which contains
the written statement of each candidate that is prepared pursuant
to this resolution.
4. The statement of each candidate shall be printed in
type of uniform size and darkness and with uniform spacing. The
Clerk shall provide a Spanish translation to those candidates who
wish to have one, and shall select a person to provide such trans-
lation from the list of approved Spanish language translators and
interpreters of the Superior Court of Kern County or from an
institution accredited by the Western Association of Schools and
Colleges.
5. The City Clerk shall estimate the total cost of
printing, handling, translating, and mailing candidates' state-
ments, including costs incurred as a result of complying with
the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, and the City Clerk
shall require each candidate filing a statement to pay in advance
to the City his or her pro rata share as a condition of having
his or her statement included in the voter's pamphlet. In the
event of an overpayment, the City Clerk shall prorate the excess
amount among the candidates and the City shall refund the excess
amount paid within 30 days of the election.
6. The Clerk shall reject any
any obscene, vulgar, profane, scandalous,
matter, or any language which in any way
statement which contains
libelous or defamatory
incites, counsels, pro-
motes or advocates hatred, abuse, violence or hositility toward,
or which tends to cast ridicule or shame upon any person or group
of persons by reason of sex, race, color, religion or manner of
worship, or any language or matter the circulation of which
through the mails is prohibited by Congress.
7. Nothing in this resolution shall be deemed to make
any such statement or the authors thereof free or exempt from any
civil or criminal action or penalty because of any false, slan-
derous or libelous statements offered for printing or contained
in the voter's pamphlet.
8. No materials of any kind in addition to the sample
ballot and voter's pamphlet shall be permitted to be mailed with
such sample ballot and voter's pamphlet.
9. A copy of this resolution shall be provided to each
candidate for city office or his representative at the time he
picks up his nomination papers.
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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 16th day of March, 1983, by
the following vote:
CITY CLERK ~nd ~E~ Officio Cler~k of
Council of the City of Bakersfield
the
AP~ED this 16th d~ay of March, ]983
f th~ ~ity of Bakersfield
APPROVED as to form:
CIT~ ATTOR~I~Y of t ~'City of Bakersfield
AJS/b 1 3.
2-28-83