Section 3-1107. VALIDITY OF SIGNATURES

1107.1A petition signature shall not be counted as valid in any of the following circumstances:

 

(a)The signer’s voter registration was designated as inactive on the voter roll at the time the petition was signed;

 

(b)The signer, according to the Board’s records, is not registered to vote at the address listed on the petition at the time the petition was signed and has failed to file a change of address form that is received by the Board on or before the date that the petition is filed; 

 

(c)The signature is a duplicate of a valid signature;

 

(d)The signature is not dated;

 

(e)The petition does not include the address of the signer;

 

(f)The petition does not include the name of the signer where the signature is not sufficiently legible for identification;

 

(g)The circulator of the petition sheet was not a qualified petition circulator at the time the petition was signed;

 

(h)The circulator of the petition failed to complete all required information in the circulator’s affidavit;

 

(i)The signature is not made by the person whose signature it purports to be, provided that registered voters who are unable to sign their names may make their marks in the space for signature. These marks shall not be counted as valid signatures unless the persons witnessing the marks shall attach to the petition affidavits that they explained the contents of the petitions to the signatories and witnessed their marks;

 

(j)The signer was also the circulator of the same petition sheet where the signature appears.

 

(k)The signature was obtained outside of the presence of the circulator;

 

(l) The signature was obtained on a petition sheet that was submitted on behalf of a previously filed petition that was rejected or found to be numerically insufficient; or

 

(m)The signer is not a registered voter in the ward or Single-Member District of the elected official sought to be recalled.

 

 

authority

The District of Columbia Election Code of 1955, as amended, approved August 12, 1955 (69 Stat. 699; D.C. Official Code § 1-1001.05(a)(14)).

source

Final Rulemaking published at 42 DCR 4419, 4428-30 (August 18, 1995); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 61 DCR 625 (January 24, 2014).