CC Resolution 12596RESOLUTION NO. 12596
BEING A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CAMPBELL
CALLING THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD IN THE CITY OF
CAMPBELL ON NOVEMBER 3, 2020 BY -DISTRICT FOR DISTRICT 1 AND
DISTRICT 2; AND REQUESTING SERVICES OF THE REGISTRAR OF VOTERS;
REQUESTING CONSOLIDATION WITH THE STATEWIDE GENERAL ELECTION IN
ACCORD WITH CALIFORNIA ELECTIONS CODE §10418 AND SPECIFYING
CERTAIN PROCEDURES FOR THE CONSOLIDATED ELECTION; AND
DETERMINING TO LEVY COST OF CANDIDATE'S STATEMENT
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CAMPBELL DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. A General Municipal Election is scheduled to be held in the City of Campbell
on the 3rd day of November, 2020 for District 1 and District 2 to elect one (1) City
Councilmember, each to a full term of four years, for each district.
Section 2. The General Municipal Election hereby called for the date hereinbefore
specified shall be and is hereby ordered consolidated with the Statewide General Election
and all elections to be held in said jurisdiction and in the City of Campbell on such date,
and within the territory affected by the consolidation, and the precincts, polling places and
officers of election shall be the same as those established and designated for said election
by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Santa Clara.
Section 3. The consolidated election will be held and conducted in the manner
prescribed by California Elections Code §10418.
Section 4. Pursuant to Section 10002 of the Elections Code, the City Council hereby
requests the Board of Supervisors of the County of Santa Clara to make available the
services of the Registrar of Voters for the purpose of performing the usual services in the
conduct of the Consolidated Election, including the provision of election supplies and
voters' pamphlets. The Board of Supervisors of the County of Santa Clara is hereby
authorized to canvass the returns of said election, and said election shall be held in all
respects as if there were only one election, and only one form of ballot shall be used.
Section 5. The Acting City Clerk is hereby directed to file with the Board of Supervisors
and the Registrar of Voters of the County of Santa Clara certified copies of this Resolution
at least eighty-eight (88) days prior to the herein referenced General Municipal Election.
Section 6. The Acting City Clerk shall publish Notice of said Election as required by
Section 12112 of the Elections Code.
Section 7. In accord with Section 13307 of the Elections Code, the City Council hereby
determines to levy against each candidate availing himself or herself of the service
including a Candidate's Statement not to exceed two hundred (200) words in length in the
voter's pamphlet, a charge of $300 for printing and handling the Candidate's statement.
The Acting City Clerk shall provide written notice to such effect with each set of
nomination papers issued. Candidates shall not be permitted to submit materials other
than the Candidate's Statement with the sample ballot and voters' pamphlets.
Section 8. The polls for said election shall be opened at 7:00 a.m. of the day of said
election, and shall remain open continuously from said time until 8:00 p.m. of the same
day, when said polls shall be closed, except as provided in Section 14401 of the Elections
Code of the State of California.
Section 9. That in the event of a tie vote (if any two or more persons receive an equal
and highest number of votes for an office) as certified by the County of Santa Clara
Registrar of Voters Office, the tie shall be resolved by lot in accordance with the applicable
provisions of the California Elections Code Section 15651(a).
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 16th day of June, 2020, by the following roll call vote:
AYES Councilmembers: Waterman, Bybee, Resnikoff, Gibbons, Landry
NOES Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
APPROVED:
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Susan M. L ry, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Andrea Sa6ders, Acting City Clerk