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 D.C. Municipal Regulations (Last Updated: September 13, 2017)
 Title 3. ELECTIONS AND ETHICS
 Chapter 3-16. CANDIDATE NOMINATION: DELEGATE TO THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, MAYOR, CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ATTORNEY GENERAL, U.S. SENATOR, U.S. REPRESENTATIVE, MEMBERS OF THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, AND ADVISORY NEIGHBORHOOD COMMISSIONER

  Section 3-1607. VALIDITY OF SIGNATURES  

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  • 1607.1Once a nominating petition has been challenged pursuant to this chapter, a 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; provided that an address on a petition which is different than the address which appears on the Board's records shall be deemed valid if the signer's current address is within boundary from which the candidate seeks nomination, and the signer files a change of address form with the Board during the first 10 days following the date on which a challenge to the nominating 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)Reserved;

     

    (k)Reserved;

     

    (l)Reserved;

     

    (m)The signer is not a registered voter in the ward or Single-Member District from which the candidate seeks nomination at the time the petition was signed; or

     

    (n)On a petition to nominate a candidate in a primary election, the signer is not registered to vote in the same party as the candidate at the time the petition is signed.

     

     

     

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 36 DCR 8364, 8368 (December 15, 1989); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 39 DCR 2467, 2511 (April 10, 1992); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 43 DCR 1078, 1109 (March 1, 1996); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 48 DCR 11725 (December 28, 2001); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 49 DCR 2740 (March 22, 2002); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 51 DCR 5072 (May 14, 2004); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 51 DCR 7434 (July 30, 2004); 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).