HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2020-077 N.C.S. 06/01/2020Resolution No. 2020®077 N.C.S.
of the City of Petaluma, California
RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING REGULATIONS PURSUANT TO
THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF PETALUMA AND
THE CALIFORNIA ELECTIONS CODE FOR THE
2020 GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION
(Candidate Ballot Statements, Including Charges Therefor)
Recitals
Article III, Section 4. of the Charter of the City of Petaluma authorizes the City Council
to provide for the method of conducting General Municipal Elections, including regulations with
respect to the candidate ballot statements; additional materials to be included within the voter's
pamphlet; charges for the candidate ballot statements and such additional materials; permissible
number of words in candidate ballot statement and other matters relating to the foregoing. Such
regulations must be established prior to the opening of the nomination period for the 2020
General Municipal Election to provide adequate notice to potential candidates. The City Council
has received the recommendations of the City Clerk and has fully considered all matters
pertaining thereto.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Petaluma does resolve as follows:
That this Council hereby establishes the limitations on words for a candidate's
ballot statement to be 200 words.
2. That the candidates shall, at the time of filing nominating papers and candidate
statements, pay a deposit toward their pro rata share of the costs of printing, handling,
translating and mailing the candidates' statements. This deposit shall equal the estimated amount
provided by the County Registrar of Voters for the 2020 election of $714 for statements
published in English only, and $1,528 for statements published in both English and Spanish. The
candidates shall be billed for any additional costs or reimbursed for any amounts paid in excess
within 30 days of the actual accounting of said costs by the County Registrar of Voters.
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3. That no additional materials shall be authorized for submission to the City Clerk
or shall be submitted by candidates to be mailed in addition to the Sample Ballot and Voter's
Pamphlet.
4. That in all other respects the provisions of the California Elections Code and other
provisions of law pertaining thereto shall govern.
Under the power and authority conferred upon this Council by the Charter of said City.
REFERENCE: I hereby certify the foregoing Resolution was introduced and adopted by the Approve s o
Council of the City of Petaluma at a Regular meeting on the 11t day of June 2020, fo
by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
ATTEST:
Mayor Barrett; Vice Mayor Fischer; Healy; Kearney; King; McDonnell; Miller
None
None
None
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Deputy City Clerk
City Attorney
Mayor
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