Section 3-1304. APPOINTMENT OR ELECTION

 

1304.1Upon conclusion of the five (5) day nominating petition challenge period, the Executive Director or his or her designee shall certify the list of qualified candidates to fill the vacancy. 

 

1304.2If there is only one qualified candidate to fill the vacancy, the Executive Director shall certify the office as being filled by notice published in the D.C. Register and the Advisory Neighborhood Commissioners shall appoint the qualified candidate to the vacant Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner position at its next regularly scheduled meeting.

 

1304.3If more than one qualified candidate is certified, the Executive Director shall transmit the list of qualified candidates to the affected area Advisory Neighborhood Commission.  The Commission shall give notice at a public meeting that at the next regularly scheduled meeting there shall be an open vote of the members of the affected Single-Member District to elect the new commissioner.  Upon conclusion of the election, the Commission shall transmit to the Board a resolution signed by the Chairman and Secretary of the Advisory Neighborhood Commission that states the winner of the election and requests that the Board certify the vacancy as filled by notice published in the D.C. Register.

 

 

authority

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

source

Final Rulemaking published at 43 DCR 1078, 1096-97 (March 1, 1996); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 60 DCR 5582 (April 12, 2013); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 61 DCR 625 (January 24, 2014).