D.C. Municipal Regulations (Last Updated: September 13, 2017) |
Title 3. ELECTIONS AND ETHICS |
Chapter 3-11. RECALL OF ELECTED OFFICIALS |
Section 3-1110. DATE OF ELECTION
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1110.1 At the time the Board certifies a recall petition as numerically sufficient for ballot access, the Board shall call a special election to occur within one hundred and fourteen (114) days after the date on which the petition was certified as numerically sufficient, provided that if a previously scheduled general or special election will occur between 54 and 114 days after the date the measure has been certified as numerically sufficient, the Board may call for the measure to be included on the ballot for that election.
1110.2 If the certified recall petition proposes to recall an Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner, the Board may, in its discretion, conduct a special election by postal ballot.
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, 4433-34 (August 18, 1995); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 48 DCR 11722 (December 28, 2001); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 49 DCR 2737 (March 22, 2002); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 61 DCR 625 (January 24, 2014).