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 D.C. Municipal Regulations (Last Updated: September 13, 2017)
 Title 3. ELECTIONS AND ETHICS
 Chapter 3-15. CANDIDATE NOMINATIONS: ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

  Section 3-1501. APPROVAL OF POLITICAL PARTY NAMES  

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    1501.1Application for approval of a political party name shall be made on a form prescribed by the Board.

     

    1501.2The application for approval of a political party name shall include the name, address, telephone number, and voter registration number of the chairperson, treasurer, other principal officers, and each member of the duly authorized local committee of such party in the District.

     

    1501.3The Board may reject any name that, in the judgment of the Board, tends to confuse or mislead the public.

     

    1501.4No nominating petition shall be issued to a person seeking nomination as a candidate affiliated with a political party unless the name of such political party has been previously approved by a majority vote of the Board.

     

     

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) (2012 Repl.)).

source

Final Rulemaking published at 27 DCR 2763 (June 27, 1980), incorporating the text of Proposed Rulemaking published at 27 DCR 1929, 1941-42 (May 9, 1980); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 35 DCR 2006, 2018-19 (March 11, 1988); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 43 DCR 1078, 1108 (March 1, 1996); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 61 DCR 625 (January 24, 2014).