NOTICE AND DIGEST
ORDINANCE AMENDING OAKLAND MUNICIPAL CODE SECTIONS:
1) 3.08.040 (NOMINATION PETITIONS) TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY CLERK
TO EXTEND NORMAL OFFICE HOURS ON THE FINAL DAY OF THE NOMI-
NATION PERIOD FOR AN ELECTION, TO EXPLICITLY ADOPT THE STATE
LAW EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE NOMINATION PETITIONS, AND T O
UPDATE THE LANGUAGE TO REQUIRE CANDIDATES TO RETURN N OMI-
NATION MATERIALS IN PERSON CONSISTENT WITH EXISTING PRAC - TICE; AND
2) 3.08.080 (QUALIFICATIONS STATEMENT) TO ADD REQUIREME NT
THAT SPONSORS ARE REGISTERED VOTERS CONSISTENT WITH RE -
QUIREMENT FOR NOMINATION PETITION SIGNATURES
ThisordinancegrantstheCityClerkauthoritytoex tendtheirnormal officehoursonthefinaldayforfilingnominationpaperworkinorderto ensurethatallcandidatepaperworkcanbeprocessed. Statelawpro- videsforanextensionofthenominationperiodwhe reanincumbent thatiseligibletorunforreelectiondoesnotfile torunfortheirposi- tion.Thisordinanceconfirmsthatthisextensionis alsoapplicableto CityElections.Thisordinancealsorequirescandidate stofiletheir nominationpaperworkinpersonandaddstherequire mentthatspon- sorsberegisteredvoters.
Notice of Publication
ThisOrdinancewasintroducedattheCityCouncilmeet ing,Tuesday evening June 18, 2024 ,andpassedtoprint 8 Ayes .Finaladoptionhas beenscheduledfortheCityCouncilmeeting Tuesday, July 2, 2024, 3:30 P.M. ,atOneFrankH.OgawaPlaza,CouncilChamb er,3rdfloor, Oakland,CaliforniaandviaTeleconference.
Threefullcopiesareavailableforuseandexaminationbythepublicin theOfficeoftheCityClerkatOneFrankH.Ogaw aPlaza,1stfloor, Oakland,California.
ASHAREED,CityClerk
OT 6837606; June 28, 2024