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Staff Report for the November 6, 2012 General Municipal Election for the City of San Leandro
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SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
In order to conduct the City’s General Municipal Election on November 6, 2012, the City Council must take these actions:
· adopt a resolution calling for the holding of the General Municipal Election;
· adopt a resolution establishing regulations for candidates; and
· adopt an ordinance establishing candidate nomination procedures.
BACKGROUND
To provide the necessary authorization and direction to staff to conduct the November 6, 2012 General Municipal Election, the City Council must approve several documents. These documents and their purposes are listed below.
RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR THE HOLDING OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION
This resolution provides for the holding of the General Municipal Election for the election of the City Councilmembers for Districts 2, 4, and 6. It directs the City Clerk to perform the publications, postings and noticing for the election required by the California Elections Code. The resolution also requests the Alameda County Board of Supervisors to permit the consolidation of the City of San Leandro General Municipal Election with the Statewide General Election; to direct the Alameda County Registrar of Voters to provide election services to the City; and to bill the City for the cost of conducting the election.
RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING REGULATIONS FOR CANDIDATES
This resolution sets the following regulations for candidate statements:
§ establishes a maximum of 200 words for each candidate’s statement of qualifications;
§ disallows any additional candidate materials to be mailed with the Sample Ballot and Voter Pamphlet;
§ sets a deposit amount of $1,400.00, to be paid by candidates at the time of filing nominating papers and candidate statements, for their pro-rata share of the costs of printing, handling, translating and mailing the candidate statements. Following the election, cand...
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