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ATTACHMENT 3 <br />ATTY/RESO.3106/CC RESO ADOPTING REGULATIONS FOR CANDIDATES <br />REV: 06-18-15 PT <br />Page 1 of 3 <br />RESOLUTION NO.______ <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD <br />CITY ADOPTING REGULATIONS FOR CANDIDATES FOR ELECTIVE <br />OFFICE PERTAINING TO CANDIDATE STATEMENTS SUBMITTED TO <br />THE VOTERS AT AN ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, <br />NOVEMBER 3, 2015 <br /> <br />WHEREAS, §13307 of the Elections Code of the State of California provides that <br />the governing body of any local agency adopt regulations pertaining to materials prepared <br />by any candidate for a municipal election, including costs of the candidates statement; <br />and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, by separate resolution the City has called for the holding of a General <br />Municipal Election and requested that the County to Consolidate it with the Consolidated <br />Municipal, School and Special District election and therefore the County will control the <br />form of the ballots and related election materials. <br /> <br />NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY, <br />CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS <br />FOLLOWS: <br /> <br />1. GENERAL PROVISIONS. That pursuant to §13307 of the Elections Code of <br />the State of California, each candidate for elective office to be voted for at an Election to <br />be held in the City of Redwood City on November 3, 2015, may prepare a candidate’s <br />statement on an appropriate form provided by the City Clerk. The statement may include <br />the name, age and occupation of the candidate and a brief description of no more than <br />two hundred (200) words of the candidate’s education and qualifications expressed by <br />the candidate himself or herself. The statement shall not include party affiliation of the <br />candidate, nor membership or activity in partisan political organizations. The statement <br />shall be filed with the City Clerk at the time the candidate’s nomination papers are filed. <br />The statement may be withdrawn, but not changed, during the period for filing nomination <br />papers and until 5:00 p.m. of the next working day after the close of the nomination period. <br /> <br />2. FOREIGN LANGUAGE POLICY. <br />A. Pursuant to the Federal Voting Rights Act, candidate statements will be <br />translated into all languages required by the County of San Mateo. The County is <br />required to translate candidate statements into the following languages: Spanish and <br />Chinese. <br /> <br />B. The County indicates that it will mail separate sample ballots and candidate <br />statements in Chinese and Spanish to only those voters who are on the county voter <br />file as having requested a sample ballot in a particular language. The County will make <br />the sample ballots and candidate statements in the required languages available at <br />all polling places, on the County’s website, and in the Election Official’s office. <br /> <br />7.3.E. - Page 8