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Home My WebLink About2143 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 .. - . . : .. . . 1 ORDINANCE NO. :~ ;.y!f1 2 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 2048, ENl'ITLED "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO PROVIDING FOR THE CONDucrING OF THE PRIMARY AND 3 GENERAL ELECTIONS TO BE HEW ON EACH ODD NUIi8ERED YEAR IN tHE CITY OF SAN BER~ NARDINO, PURSUANT TO SECTION TEN OF THE OIAl1TER OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO, 4 CALIFORNIA." 5 THE MAYOR AND COMlllN COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO DO ORDAIN AS FOIJ.Ol1fS: 6 7 8 SECTION ONE: That a primary election shall be held on the Third Tues- day in March, 1955 and a like election ,to be held on the third Tuesday in March every four years thereaft~r. in the City of San Bernardino, City of San Bernardino School District and the City ,of San BerQar~ino High School District for the nomin ation of candidates for the following offices: 1.. Mayor; 2, MeBber of the City Council from the Third Ward; 3, Member of the City Council from the Fifth Ward; 4, City Clerk; 5. City Treasurer; 6. City Attorney 7. Two members of the Board of Education. ell of whOIl shall be qualified electors of 'the City of San Bernardino School' District, to be elected for full terms; and 8, A lIemer of the Board of Education !'Iho shall be a qualified elector and resident .of. that portion of the San Bernardino High Scliool District not included i,n the City of San Bernar- dino School District, to be elected for a full term. SECTION TWO: That apri~ry election shall be held on the third Tues- day in March. 1957 and a like election to be held on the third Tuesday in March every four years thereafter. in the City of San Bernardino. City of San Bernardin School District and the City of San Bernardino High.Scbool District for the nomin ation of candidates for the following offices: I, Mayor; 2. Memberot the City Council froll the First Ward; 3, Member of the City Council from the Second Ward; 4. Member of the City Council from the Fourth'Ward; 5. Three members of the Board 01 Education, all of whom shall be qualified electors of the City of . . "" .' .. .... . . . . . 1 San Bernardino School District, to be elected for full terms; and 2 3 4 5 6. A member of the Board of Education .ho shall be,a qualified elector and resident of that portion of the San Bernardino High SChool District not included in the City of San Bernar- dino School District, to be elected for a full ter~ That the members of the Council shall be nominated for the respective . 6 offices, as provided by the Charter of said City of San Bernardino that is to say, 7 that said ~mbers of said Council shall be nominated frOIl each of the following 8 wards by the qualified electors of said wards respectively, t~.it: The first, 9 second, third, fourth and fifth wards. 10 That all of said members of the Board of Education shall be nominated 11 by the electors at large of the City of San Bernardino School District and the 12 City of San Bernardino High School District and all portions of said districts 13 lying outside of the City of San Bernardino shall be deemed for said purposes, 14 .and are hereby declared to be a part of said City, 15 SECl'ION THREE: (a) That said primary elections shall be held in ac... 16 cordance with the provisions of Part 1 and Chapters 1 and 2 of Part 2 of Division 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 XI of the Election Code, except as otherwise set forth in this Ordinance, (b) Time for obtaining signatures. Thatnollination papers shall be issued and verification deputies appointed to obtain signatures to the nomination papers of any candidate at any time not earlie, than the seventy-fifth day nor later,than 12, 6~elock,noon on the fifty-fourth day before s,id municipal election ($(1.~'1""'1\J 3, S.ti-$~(.rJ~u..,(j) -c?rd N~.~/~/J- 1tI"".., S";;"fr'J (c) That nomination papers for the following respective offices shall be signed by voters of the area for which the candidate is to be nominated as follows, to....it: Mayor. City Clerk, Ci~y Treasurer and City Attorney: Not less than twenty (20) voters. nor more than thirty (30) voters; and Councilmen: Not lesstllan, fifteen US) voters, nor IIOre than twenty-five (25) v,oters: ~nd Board of EducatIon: Not less thart twenty (20) voters nor more than thirty (30) V'1ters. (d) Any \landidate for a schooll!r any'City office who at a primary election shall receiVe a majority of alltheb&,ilots cast, for candidates for the r ' - . , office for whicb sucb candida~e seeksnomi,nation, sball be elected to sucb'office ... 2 - .... " .. . . . 1 The total number of ballots cast for candidates for any office .shall be determined 2 by dividing the total number of votes cast for all candidates for that office by 3 the number of candidates to be elected to such office. 4 (e) Date filed with the City Clerk. All nomination papers shall be 5 filed with the City Clerk not later than 12;00 o'clock noon on the fifty~fourth 6 7 day before said municipal election. . I C~<::c. 1 S~".,u,(e)" tJ~d. ^'~. ;11'1$- /lluv,", t"S~ . .) . (f) Filing fee, The City Clerk shall supply all forms required for n 8 inationrand election to all City offices. Such forms shall be distributed without 9 charge to all such candidates applying therefor; provided, however, that such form 10 shall not be distributed except upon the prepayment of the filing fees. The fil~ 11 ing fee for any office shall be two per cent of the first year's salary for the 12 office for which the candidate is isuued papers. No nomination papers shall be 13 issued or filed except upon proof of said prepayment. The filingiee shall not be 14 refunded in the event the candidate fails to qualify as a candidate. No filing 15 fee shall be required of a candidate .for member of the Board of Education. 16: (g) The City Clerk is authorized to .issue one lis.t of the registered 17 voters residing within the di strict in which the candidate is running for office 18 to any candidate who is required to pay a filing fee, Such lists shall be. furnish 19 ed by tbe City Clerk promptly after the closing of nominations, and liS soon as suc 20 lists are made available by the County Clerk of the County .of San Bernardino. 21 22 23 24 25 26 SECTION FOUR: The City Clerk is hereby instructed and authorized to pro cure. prepare and distribute all necessary ballots and election supplies for said election, SECTION FIVE: That the hoar of ~even o'clock A.M. on the date of said elections is hereby fi~edas the hour for ~pening).he polls, and the hour of seven ':.',.~ \ '," . ':_"> " '. o'clock P.M. of said date is hereby fixed as' the hour for closing the polls at 27 such election; provided~', however.. th1lt' if at ,s.ald "hour of closing there are any , . .'. .. i .. . 1, _,~ ' 28 other voters in thepolllngplaces ox:. i,o li.n~at the door thereof who are qualifie .". . 2'9 to vote and who have not been able .to do s.o . since appearing, the polls shaUb'e 30, kept open a sufficient time ,to enable them to vote. but no one who shall arrive 31 at a polling place after seven o'clock P.M. shall be entitled to vote, although 32 the polls may be opel\when such person arrives. That primary and general election - 3 ~ .. .' ... . . . , . 1 shall be held at the regularly designated polling places in each precinct as desig 2 nated in the Resolution setting forth the number of consolidated precincts and the 3 location of each polling place. The officers of election appointed and the pollin 4 places designated for the Primary election shall be the officers and polling place 5 of the General election so far as possible, Said Resolution shall also set forth" 6 the list of the names of the election officers appointed. Each precinct board 7 shall consist of one (1) Inspector. one ,(1) Judge and three, (3) Clerks. 8 Not earlier than the seventy~fifth nor later than the fifty-fourth day " 9 before any primary election aD~ not ea,rli~r tf'ha.~ the twenty-fifth day nor lat,er 10 than the tenth day before any general municipal e1r~ction, the City Clerk shall pub , , 11 lish a notice of the election at' least once in onll, or more newspapers published "" ',',' 12 aDd circulated in the City of Sa~'Bernilrdino.' The, notice shall be headed "Notice 13 14 . ,'. " of Election, " and sha 11 contai~ II statement off "",. , (a) The time of the election; 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 (b) The offices to be filled,specifying full term or short term, as the case maybe; (c) The hours the Polls will be open.., CS<:~,. J' - C;, rd,' ,"-I "'," I '-I 3 - Xh <" 5", ,.,nb S"l.iION SIX:. The City'Clerk shall publish ,a' Ii stof the names of the nominees, in the order in which they appear on the ballot, and the respective offices for which they have been nominated at least twice before the day of dec-- tion incl}n:c?r.~OIJr~Il~/t,O~~jk,_IYN:~~p;,~e."r}lrUbliShed in the City. SECTION SEVEN: On the second day at1rer a municipal election, exclusive of'holidaYll. at 7:30 o'clock P.M., 'the Mayor and ,Common Council shall llleet at the City Hall and proceed to canvass ,the election returns and dechre the result. SECTION EIGHT: That all ballots cast under the provisions of the Absent 25 Voters Law, shall in 'order that'they may be counted, be received by the clerk from 26 whom they were received within six days after the date of the election in which '27 they are to be counted. As soon as all absent voter baliots issued have been re- 28 ceived or returned and accounted for, and in no case later than Seven days after 29 ally,*,unicipal election, the Mayor and Common Council o,r an election board author- 30, hed by the Mayor and COllllllOn Council shall count and canvass all of the ballots. 31 SECTION NINE: General Elections, General Elections shall be conducted 32 nder the same laws as the Primary Elect ions and shall be held on the second Tues- - 4 - . ~ . . 1 day of April of each odd-numbered year. Names of candidates elected in the Primar 2 Election need not appear on the ballot in the ensuing General Election. 3 SECTION TEN: Term of Office. The Mayor shall be elected biennially and 4 his term of office shall be for two years from and after the second Monday in May 5 next succeeding his election; the City Clerk. City Treasurer and City Attorney and 6 the members of the Common Council shall hold office for a term of four years from 7 and after the second Monday in May next succeeding their election. 8 SECTION ELEVEN: The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adop- 9 tion of this Ordinance by the Council of the City of San Bernardino and shall caus 10 the same to be published three consecutive days in the San Bernardino Evening 11 Telegram. a daily newspaper of general ci rculation printed and publi shed within 12 the City of San Bernardino. 13 I HEREBY CERl'IFY that the foregoing Ordinance .was duly passed and adop- 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 of the City of San liernardino at a regular day Of}qJrr z-'-<"~-nci6-i--. 1956. r ~ v~>-1-f ~,v a~ )Y;::e_""e~ ABSU\'f: \--9zO-->-"L "'- ted by the Mayor and Common Council meeting thereof held on the ~;!"~ AYES: Counci lmen /q{l-I[ NOES: ~ 9-&7--VZ- SEAl- / . /7-- LJ ,faJ C' 0r~_ 1//... . . City Clerk .. . 1../. ; . .; 1 . is herebVapproved this 77!;1: day of The foregOing Ordinance }9--'?"-<-'~-'-~--1 - . 1956. 24 25 Approved as to form: /fI,.py.r:.e7r'o 2tV 27 28 29 30 31 32 .p. -~.a City Attorney 'Y~ ,; I; '. ~;; .\ - 5 -