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CITY OF SAN BERN~DINO ,- REQUEST F~ COUNCIL ACTION
From: Rachel Clark, City Clerk
Subject: Ordinance amending Sections 2.56.040
and 2.56.070 to change the ,deadline
for filing nomination papers for the
1993 election only
Dept: City Clerk's Office
Date: October 8, 1992
Synopsis of Previous Council action:
Recommended motion:
That further reading of the ordinance be waived and that said ordinance
be laid over for final adoption.
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Rachel Clark, City Clerk
Phone:
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Honorable Kayor and Members of the Common Council
Rachel Clark, City Clerk
October 8, 1992
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Request to approve Ordinance amending Sections 2.56.040
and 2.56.070 to change the filing period for nomination
papers for the 1993 election only
RE:
Pursuant to San Bernardino Municipal Code Section 2.56.040,
nomination papers for the March 1993 primary election cannot be
issued earlier than the 89th day prior to the election, which
would be December 3, 1992. Additionally, Section 2.56.070 of the
Municipal Code establishes twelve noon on the 68th day before the
election as the deadline for filing nomination papers, which
would be December 24, 1992.
In light of the fact that City Hall will be closed December 24,
1992 through January 1, 1993; and that the Registrar of Voters
Office will also be closed December 23 to 25, and again from
December 30 to January 1, I am requesting that the Mayor and
Council approve adopting the attached ordinance which will allow
us to move the filing period for nomination papers for the 1993
election onlv.
I am proposing that the nomination period open on Tuesday,
December 1, 1992 and close at noon on TueSday, December 22, 1992.
By closing the nomination period at noon on TueSday, December 22,
1992, we will have the remaining hours of that working day to go
to the Registrar of Voters' Office and verify signatures for any
nomination papers filed on the last day. Otherwise, verification
could not be completed until Monday, January 4, 1993.
The suggested filing period does not shorten the number of days
candidates will have for circulating nomination papers, etc., it
merely moves the opening and closing dates of nomination by two
days and gives staff the opportunity to meet the critical
deadlines which must be met.
The proposed ordinance will make this change on a one-time basis
only. Therefore, it is recommended that the Mayor and Council
layover this ordinance for final adoption at the next Council
meeting.
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~el Clark
City Clerk
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ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO AMENDING SECTIONS
2.56.040 AND 2.56.070 TO CHANGE THE DEADLINE FOR FILING NOMINATION
PAPERS FOR THE 1993 ELECTION ONLY.
THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO
DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 2.56.040 of the San Bernardino Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Nomination papers shall be issued and
verification deputies appointed to obtain
signatures to the nomination papers of any
candidate at any time not earlier than the
eighty-ninth day, nor later than twelve
noon on the sixty-eighth day, before the
municipal election.
Provided, however,
that for the 1993 election only, such
period shall be not earlier than the
ninety-first day nor later than twelve noon
on the seventieth day before the municipal
election. "
SECTION 2. Section 2.56.070 of the San Bernardino Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"All nomination papers shall be filed with
the City Clerk not later than twelve noon
on the sixty-eighth day before the
municipal election.
Provided, however,
that for the 1993 election only, all
nomination papers shall be filed with the
City Clerk not later than twelve noon on
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was duly
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election."
meeting thereof, held on the
day of
, 1992, by the following vote, to wit:
Council Members:
AYES
NAYS
ABSTAIN
ESTRADA
REILLY
HERNANDEZ
MAUDSLEY
MINOR
POPE-LUDLAM
MILLER
ABSENT
City Clerk
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The foregoing Ordinance is hereby approved this
, 1992.
day
W. R. Holcomb, Mayor
City of San Bernardino
Approved as to form
and legal content:
JAMES F. PENMAN,
City Attorney
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October 7. 1992