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10. That the City Manager is authorized and directed to compensate Santa Clara County for the cost of conducting the General Municipal Election for the Town. 11. That the City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to publish a Notice of General Municipal Election within the time and manner specified in Section 12101 of the California Elections Code. 12. That in all particulars not recited in this resolution, the election shall be held and conducted as provided by law for holding municipal elections. 13. Pursuant to Sections 10228 and 13307 of the California Elections Code, the City Council approves and adopts the following uniform policies and procedures concerning the General Municipal Election to be held on November 5, 2024: a) Each candidate for elective office to be voted for at an election to be held in the Town of Los Altos Hills on November 5, 2024, may prepare a candidate statement on an appropriate form provided by the City Cleric. The statement may include the name, age and occupation of the candidate and brief description of no more than 200 words of the candidate's education and qualifications expressed by the candidate himself or herself. b) The statement shall not include party affiliation of the candidate, nor membership or activity in partisan political organizations. C) The statement shall be filed in typewritten form in the office of the City Cleric at the time the candidate's nomination papers are filed. The statement may be withdrawn, but not changed, during the period of filing nomination papers and until 5:00 p.m. on the next working day after the close of the nomination period. d) Candidates shall be exempt from charges for the cost of translations mandated by the Federal Voting Rights Act and the preparation and mailing of said Candidate's Statements. e) Candidates shall be exempt from payment of any filing fee. f) That in the event of a tie vote (if any two or more persons receive an equal and the highest number of votes for an office) as certified by the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters office, the City Council, in accordance with Election Code Section 15651(a), shall set a date and time and place and summon the candidates who have received the tie votes to appear and will determine the tie by lot. g) Pursuant to the Federal Voting Rights Act, candidates' statements will be translated into all languages required by the County of Santa Clara. The County is required to translate candidate statements into the following languages: English, Chinese, Spanish, Tagalog, and Vietnamese. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the Town of Los Altos Hills, State of California, this 20th day of June, 2024, by the following vote: Resolution 30-24