CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION NO. 24-95 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF IRVINE, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING REGULATIONS FOR CANDIDATES FOR ELECTIVE OFFICE PERTAINING TO CANDIDATE STATEMENTS SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS AT A SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 2025
WHEREAS, §13307 of the Elections Code of the State of California provides that the governing body of any local agency adopt regulations pertaining to materials prepared by any candidate for a municipal election, including costs of the candidate statement. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF IRVINE, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS. That pursuant to §13307 of the Elections Code of the State of California, each candidate for the elective office of Councilmember representing Council District 5 to be voted for at a Special Election to be held in the City of Irvine on April 15, 2025, 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 himself or herself. The statement shall not include 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 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 The statement may be withdrawn, but not changed, during the period for filing nomination papers and until 5:30 p.m. of the next working day after the close of the nomination period. SECTION 2. FOREIGN LANGUAGE POLICY a) Pursuant to the Federal Voting Rights Act, candidate statements will be translated into all languages required by the Orange County Registrar of Voters. The Orange County Registrar of Voters is required to translate candidate's statements into the following languages in addition to English: Chinese, Korean, Spanish, and Vietnamese. b) The Orange County Registrar of Voters will print and mail voter information guides and candidate statements in Chinese, Korean, Spanish, and Vietnamese to only those voters who are on the County voter file as having requested a voter information guide in a particular language. c) The Orange County Registrar of Voters will make the voter information guides and candidate statements in the required languages available at all polling places/vote centers, on the County's website, and in the Elections Official's office.
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