12-273 RESOLUTION NO. 12-273
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MENIFEE PROVIDING
FOR REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO MATERIALS FOR CANDIDATES AND
COSTS PERTAINING TO CANDIDATE STATEMENTS SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS
AT AN ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2012
WHEREAS, California Elections Code Section 13307 provides that the governing
body of any local agency adopt regulations pertaining to materials prepared by any
candidate for a Municipal Election, including the costs thereof;
WHEREAS, because this is the first general municipal election for the City, it is
appropriate to adopt such regulations at this time.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MENIFEE, DOES
HEREBY RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. General Provisions. That pursuant to California Elections Code
Section 13307, each candidate for elective office to be voted for at the General
Municipal Election to be held in the City of Menifee on Tuesday, November 6, 2012, may
prepare a candidate statement on an appropriate form provided by the City Clerk. Such
statements may include the name, age and occupation of the candidate and a brief
description of no more than two hundred (200) words of the candidate's education and
qualifications expressed by the candidate himself or herself. In that City Council offices
are non-partisan, such statements shall not include party affiliation of the candidate, nor
membership activity in the partisan political organizations. Pursuant to Elections Code
Section 13307, such statements may not include a reference to any other candidate.
Such statements shall be filed in the Office of the City Clerk at the time the candidate's
nomination papers are filed. Such statement may be withdrawn, but not changed, during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. Pursuant to the Federal Voting Rights
Act, the City Clerk shall provide a Spanish translation of the candidate's statement to be
included in the voter's pamphlet and mailed with the sample ballot to each registered
voter in the City, if the candidate requests such statement in Spanish. (In compliance
with the amendments to the Federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, Public Law 94-73,
August 6, 1975.)
Section 3. Payment. The City Clerk shall require a candidate filing a statement
to pay a deposit of $1,000.00 for candidates for the office of Mayor at Large; $500 for
candidates for the office of City Council — District 1; and $450 for candidates for the
office of City Council — District 3; in advance as a condition of having his or her
statement included in the voter's pamphlet. The City Clerk shall bill each candidate for
any cost in excess of the deposit and shall refund any unused portion of any deposit.
Section 4. Formatting. The City Clerk shall allow italics, underlining, bullets, and
capitalized words in candidate statements. Bold type is prohibited in candidate
statements.
City of Menifee
Resolution No. 12-273
Setting Candidate Fees
Section 5. State Standards. 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 6. Additional Materials. No candidate will be permitted to include
additional materials to the sample ballot package.
Section 7. Copies. The City Clerk shall provide each candidate or the
candidate's representative a copy of this Resolution at the time nomination petitions are
issued.
Section 8. Repeal. That all previous resolutions establishing council policy on
payment for candidate statements are repealed.
Section 9. Application. That this resolution shall apply to the election to be held
on November 6, 2012 and shall then be repealed.
Section 10. Certification. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and
adoption of this Resolution, shall enter the same into the book of original Resolutions of
the City of Menifee.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS 19'h day of June, 2012.
Jo n V. Denver, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Kathy Bennett, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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John V.Denver STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
Mayor COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss
Thomas Fuhrman CITY OF MENIFEE )
Mayor Pro Tem
I, Kathy Bennett, City Clerk of the City of Menifee, do hereby certify that the
Wallace W.Edgerton foregoing Resolution No. 12-273 was duly adopted by the City Council of the City
Councilmember of Menifee at a meeting thereof held on the 1 g'" day of June, 2012 by the
Darcy Kuenzi
following vote:
Councilmember
Ayes: Denver, Edgerton, Fuhrman, Kristjansson, Kuenzi
Sue Kristjansson Noes: None
Councilmember Absent: None
Abstain: None
Kathy Bennett, City Clerk
29714 Haun Road
Menifee,CA 92586
Phone 951.672.6777
Fax 951.679.3843
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