Resolution No. 6677451
RESOLUTION NO 6677
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS, CALIFORNIA,
ADOPTING REGULATIONS FOR CANDIDATES FOR ELECTIVE OFFICE
PERTAINING TO CANDIDATES STATEMENTS SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS AT
AN ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY NOVEMBER 6, 2018
WHEREAS, §13307 of the Elections Code of the State of California provides that
the governing body of any local agency adopt regulations pertaining to materials prepared
by any candidate for a municipal election, including costs of the candidates statement
NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS,
CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS
FOLLOWS
SECTION 1 General Provisions. That pursuant to §13307 of the Elections Code
of the State of California, each candidate for elective office to be voted for at an election
to be held in the City of Cypress on November 6, 2018, 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 expressed by the candidate
himself or herself. The statement shall not include party affiliation of the candidate, nor
membership or activity in partisan political organizations. The statement shall be filed in
typewritten form in the office of the City Clerk at the time the candidate's nomination
papers are filed. The statement may be withdrawn, but not changed, during the period for
filing nomination papers and until 5'00 p.m. of the next working day after the close of the
nomination period.
SECTION 2. Foreign Language Policy
A. Pursuant to the Federal Voting Rights Act, candidates statements will be
translated into all languages required by the County of Orange. The County is
required to translate candidate's statements into the following languages:
Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Tagalog, and Vietnamese.
B The County will mail separate voter information guides and candidates
statements in Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Tagalog, and Vietnamese to only
those voters who are on the county voter file as having requested a voter
information guide in a particular language. The County will make the voter
information guides and candidates statements in the required languages
available at all polling places, on the County's website, and in the Election
Official's office.
SECTION 3 Payment
A. Translations.
1 The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of translating the
candidates statement into any required foreign language as specified in
A and B of Section 2 above pursuant to Federal and/or State law.
2. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of translating the
candidates statement into any foreign language that is not required as
specified in A and B of Section 2 above, pursuant to Federal and/or State
law, but is requested as an option by the candidate.
B. Printing
1 The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of printing the
candidates statement in English in the main voter pamphlet.
2. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of printing the
candidates statement in a foreign language required in A of Section 2
above, in the main voter pamphlet.
3. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of printing the
candidates statement in a foreign language requested by the candidate
per 13 of Section 2 above, in the main voter pamphlet.
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The City Clerk shall estimate the total cost of printing, handling, translating, and
mailing the candidates statements filed pursuant to this section, including costs incurred
as a result of complying with the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (as amended), and require
each candidate filing a statement to pay in advance to the local agency his or her
estimated pro rata share as a condition of having his or her statement included in the
voter's pamphlet. In the event the estimated payment is required, the estimate is just an
approximation of the actual cost that varies from one election to another election and may
be significantly more or less than the estimate, depending on the actual number of
candidates filing statements. Accordingly the City Clerk is not bound by the estimate and
may on a pro rata basis, bill the candidate for additional actual expense or refund any
excess paid depending on the final actual cost. In the event of underpayment, the City
Clerk may require the candidate to pay the balance of the cost incurred. In the event of
overpayment, the City Clerk shall prorate the excess among the candidates and refund
the excess amount paid within 30 days of the election.
SECTION 4 Miscellaneous
A. All translations shall be provided by professionally -certified translators.
B. The City Clerk shall comply with all recommendations and standards set forth
by the California Secretary of State regarding occupational designations and
other matters relating to elections
SECTION 5. Additional Materials No candidate will be permitted to include
additional materials in the voter information guide.
SECTION 6. That the City Clerk shall provide each candidate or the candidate's
representative a copy of this Resolution at the time nominating petitions are issued.
SECTION 7 That all previous Resolutions establishing council policy on payment
for candidates statements are repealed.
SECTION 8. That this Resolution shall apply at the next ensuing municipal election
and at each municipal election after that time.
SECTION 9. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this
Resolution and enter it into the book of original Resolutions.
PASSED APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Cypress
at a regular meeting held on the 11th day of June 2018.
ATTEST
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CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
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COUNTY OF ORANGE } SS
E CITY OF CYPRESS
I, DENISE BASHAM, City Clerk of the City of Cypress, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that
the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted at a regular meeting of the said City Council held
on the 11th day of June, 2018, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: 5 COUNCIL MEMBERS Johnson, Morales, Yarc, Berry and Peat
NOES: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS. None
ABSENT 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS. None
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