LARRYHERREM
Cit Clerk
CITY CLERK
DEPARTMENT
Long
Beach,
California
January
13,2014
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Dear Ms. Chavez;
You
were notified
by electronic mail
on
Friday, January
10,2A14
that
your
nomination
documents filed
with this office
on
that
date
were sufficient
to
qualify you
as a
candidate for the
Office
of City
of Prosecutor on the
ballot
for the
City
of
Long Bqach Primary
Nominating Election
to be
held
on
April
8,2A14.
Subsequent
review of
your
nomination
papers
has revealed
two
(2)
problems
with the
documents
that
rnust be
remedied as
set forth below.
First,
the
Affidavit
of the Circulator
on
page
4 of
your
nomination
paper
is
not
completed or
signed.
Pursuant to sections
104
and
fi222 of
the
Califomia
Elections Code, this affidavit
must be completed
and signed
at
the
time
nomination
papers
are
submitted
to
the elections
offtcial. \J\Iithout this affidavit,
vo$r
nofnination
CIapers are
incomplete
and
our
qffipq
m?v-not
place
vour
name
on the ballot.
Our
office
takes
no
position
at this time
as to
whether a late
affidavit
may
serve to
restore
the
validity
of an incomplete
nomination,
and we encourage
you
to
consult
with legal counsel as
you
review
your
options. As this office must continue
preparing
the ballot
for the April 8, 2014
election, we
must esk that
you
respond with
an affidavit,
if
you
will
be submitting
one,
within
three
day:s
of
receipt
of
this letter.
This time
period
was selected
because
it conesponds to
the
second
item, oullined below.
$econd,
the
proposed
ballot designations
included in
your
Affidavit of the Nominee are rejected
pursuant
to section
13107tbx1)
of
the
Elections Code
and
sections
207rc and2A174 of
Title 2
of
the
Galifornia
Code of Regulations
in
that
they would
tend to confuse the electorate
and do
not
represent a
professional
title or
clearly-defined
profession
or occupation. Pursuant to
13107(c)
of the Electicns Code,
you
are
hereby notified
that
you
have
three
davs from
the
date
of
receipt
of this letter
to
appear
at
our office and
provide
a
designation that complies
with section
f
3107(a).
Our
office
will
be
happy to
workwith
you
to
determine
mutually-acceptable designation at
that
time.
Thank
you
for
your prompt
attention to these matters.
lf
you
have
any
procedural
questions,
please
do not hesitate to call Poonam
Davis,
Assistant City Clerk
of
this
office
at fll
if
you
have legal
questions
on
this
matter
please
call Greg
Murphy
of Burke, Williams, &'
Sorensen, LLP, who
is
serving as
special counsel
to
our office on issues related to this election,
-
City Clerk
cc.
Poonam Davis
333
Wrer OcreN
Bou*vrqno,
Loerv
LevEL,
LoNG Bg^ctl,
CauronNtn' 90802
TsLssHoNr
(562)
570-6101
Fax
(562)
570-67E9
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