CC - Item 5A - Certification of Sufficiency of Recall Petitions Recall Mayor Imperial and Mayor Pro Tem Taylor•
TO: HONORABLE MAYOR
AND MEMBERS
ROSEMEAD CITY COUNCILL
FROM: CITY CLERK
DATE: SEPTEMBER 21, 2005
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RE: CERTIFICATION OF SUFFICIENCY OF RECALL PETITIONS TO
RECALL MAYOR JAY IMPERIAL AND MAYOR PRO TEM GARY
TAYLOR
On August 30, 2005, proponents submitted petitions calling for the recall of Mayor Jay
Imperial and Mayor Pro Tern Gary Taylor. In order to validate the petitions and call a
recall election, the number of required signatures for each affected officer is 3,536.
The petitions were accepted on a prima facie review and were submitted to the Los
Angeles County Registrar Recorder/Clerk's office for verification of signatures. After
receiving the petitions back and a review of the subject petitions, they were found to have
a sufficient number of valid signatures.
The results of the signature verification are as follows:
OFFICER
SIGNATURES
FILED
VALID
SIGNATURES
DISQUALIFIED
SIGNATURES
SIGNATURES
WITHDRAWN
Mayor Jay
Imperial
4,814
4,067
620
127
Mayor Pro
Tem Gary
4,814
4,097
590
127
Taylor
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Therefore, pursuant to Elections Code Section 11225 (h), I am hereby certifying and
submitting to the City Council two Notices of Sufficiency relating to the proposed recall
of Mayor Imperial and Mayor Pro Tern Taylor. Election Code Section 11240 requires
that within 14 days after the meeting in which the governing body receives the certificate
of sufficiency, the governing body shall issue an order stating that an election shall be
held to determine whether or not the officer named in the petition shall be recalled. The
election shall be held not less than 88, nor more than 125 days after the issuance of the
order. At the City Council meeting of October 11, 2005, the City Council will need to set
a date for a Special Municipal Election. The election date can be set on a Tuesday
between January 10 and February 13, 2006.
This week, the City Manager, City Attorney and I have met with the City's election
suppliers, Scott and Pat Martin of Martin and Chapman. We addressed the Department
of Justice Consent Decree minority language requirements. Martin & Chapman is
working on providing all of their cities with translated voter information and signs for
polling places, voting booths, and at the precinct tables. Also, discussed were the
translations for the City's Voter Pamphlet, ballots and candidate statements into the
required languages, and changing from the punch card ballot system to the Opto-Mark
ink based voting system.
Recommendation: Accept the Notices of Sufficiency for the petitions submitted calling
for the recall of Mayor Jay Imperial and Mayor Pro Tern Gary Taylor, and direct the City
Clerk to prepare the documents necessary to call for a Special Municipal Election.
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COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
REGISTRAR-RECORDER/COUNTY CLERK
12400 IMPERIAL HWY. - P.O. BOX 1024, NORWALK, CALIFORNIA 90651-1024
CONNY B. WCORMACK
Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk
September 20, 2005
Ms. Nancy Valderrama, City Clerk
City of Rosemead
8838 East Valley Boulevard
Rosemead, California 91770
Dear Ms. Valderrama:
We have completed the signature verification of the petitions for the recall of Mayor, Jay
Imperial and Mayor Pro Tem, Gary Taylor of the City of Rosemead.
The results of the signature verification are as follows:
Signatures Signatures
Signatures Signatures Signatures Found Found Not
Officer Filed Withdrawn Verified Sufficient Sufficient
Jay Imperial, 4,814 127 4,687 4,067 620
Mayor (150) duplicates
Gary Taylor, 590
Mayor Pro 4,814 127 4,687 4,097 (142) duplicates
Tern
Please call Raymond Oliande, Head, Data Entry and Signature Verification Section at
(562) 462-2376 if you have any questions regarding the signature verification of these
petitions.
Sincerely,
CONNY B. McCORMACK
Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk
Enclosures
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