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RESOLUTION NO. 12-554 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING REGULATIONS, FOR CANDIDATES FOR ELECTIVE OFFICE PERTAINING TO CANDIDATES' STATEMENTS SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS AT AN ELECTION 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 the municipal election, including costs of the candidate's statement. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Pleasanton does 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 elective office to be voted for at an Election to be held in the City of Pleasanton, 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 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 The statement may be withdrawn, but not changed, during the period for filing nomination papers and until 5:00 p.m. of the next working day after the close of the nomination period.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's statements will be translated into Spanish and all languages required by the County of Alameda. The County is required to translate candidate's statements into the following languages: Chinese, Tagalog, and Vietnamese. B. The County will mail separate sample ballots and candidates' statements in Spanish Chinese, Tagalog and Vietnamese to only those voters who are on the county voter file as having requested a sample ballot in a particular language. The County will make the sample ballots and candidates statement in the required languages available at all polling places, on the County's website, and in the Election Official's office. SECTION 3. PAYMENT A. Translations: 1. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of translating the candidate's statement into any required foreign language as specified in Section 2 above pursuant to Federal and State law.