§ 3.08.080. Qualifications statement.

At the time his or her nomination petitions are filed, every candidate shall file with the City Clerk a verified statement of his or her qualifications on a form provided by the City Clerk, setting forth her or his name, the office for which he or she is a candidate, his or her place of residency for the past five years, his or her occupation for the past five years, public offices he or she has held, if any, and a brief description not to exceed one hundred fifty (150) words describing his or her qualifications for the office, including, for example, education and experience. The City Clerk shall reject any statement which includes any of the matters prohibited by general law or which contains any reference whatsoever to any partisan political party or organization including membership or activity therein, or endorsement thereby. Such statement shall also contain the signatures and addresses of not less than ten nor more than twenty (20) residents of the city sponsoring such candidate, who need not have signed such candidate's nomination petition. Such candidate may also file with his or her qualifications statement a true and accurate portrait photograph of such candidate taken within two years prior thereto and suitable for newsprint. The photograph must be at least four by six inches in size. A copy of such qualifications statement and a reproduction of the photograph, if furnished, shall be mailed by the City Clerk to each qualified elector with the sample ballot for said election. The qualifications statement mailed by the City Clerk with the sample ballot shall be printed and distributed without the inclusion of the addresses of the candidate and his or her sponsors. No qualifications statement shall be filed by candidates at a second or general municipal election following the nominating municipal election or shall any qualifications statement or photograph be distributed to the voters by the City Clerk prior to such second election.

(Prior code § 11-2.05)