RESOLUTION NO. 2024 - ______
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
ADOPTING REGULATIONS FOR CANDIDATES FOR ELECTIVE
OFFICE PERTAINING TO CANDIDATE STATEMENTS SUBMITTED
TO THE VOTERS AT AN ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY,
NOVEMBER 5, 2024
WHEREAS, Section 13307 of the Elections Code of the State of California requires that the governing body of a local agency adopt regulations pertaining to materials prepared by any candidate running for office in a municipal election, including costs of the candidate’s statement.
NOW THEREFORE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA DOES RESOLVE DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS.
That pursuant to Section 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 Anaheim on November 5, 2024 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 themselves. The statement shall not include any 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 same 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 The statement may be withdrawn, but not changed, during the period for filing nomination papers and until 5:00 p.m. of the next working day after the close of the nomination period, except as provided in Section 13309 of the Elections Code of the State of California.
SECTION 2. FOREIGN LANGUAGE POLICY.
1. Pursuant to the Federal Voting Rights Act, candidate statements will be translated into all languages required by the County of Orange. The County is required to translate the candidate’s statements into the following languages in addition to English:
Spanish, Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese
2. The Orange County Registrar of Voters shall have all candidate statements translated into the languages specified in Section 2.1 above and print all translations of candidate statements in the voter's information guide and these translations shall be made available at all polling places/vote centers and in the Office of the City Clerk, upon request.
SECTION 3. PAYMENT
The City Clerk shall provide the total cost of printing, handling, translating, and mailing the candidate statements filed pursuant to this resolution, 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 pro rata share as a condition of having his or her statement included in the voter's information guide. 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 clerk may require candidates to pay the balance of the cost incurred. In the event of overpayment, the City Clerk shall prorate the excess amount among the candidates and refund the excess amount paid within 30 days of the election.
SECTION 4. ADDITIONAL MATERIALS.
No candidate will be permitted to include additional materials in the sample ballot package.
SECTION 5. 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 6. All previous resolutions establishing council policy on payment for candidate’s statements are repealed.
SECTION 7. This resolution shall apply only to the election to be held on November 5, 2024.
SECTION 8. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this Resolution and enter it into the book of original Resolutions.
THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION is approved and adopted by the City Council of the City of Anaheim this 11th day of June, 2024, by the following roll call vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
CITY OF ANAHEIM
By:_________________________________
MAYOR OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
ATTEST:
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CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM