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 D.C. Municipal Regulations (Last Updated: September 13, 2017)
 Title 3. ELECTIONS AND ETHICS
 Chapter 3-17. CANDIDATES: MEMBERS AND OFFICIALS OF LOCAL COMMITTEES OF POLITICAL PARTIES AND NATIONAL COMMITTEE PERSONS

  Section 3-1703. SIGNATURE REQUIREMENTS  

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    1703.1To obtain ballot access, a candidate for the office of national committee person shall submit a nominating petition that contains, at a minimum, the lesser of:

     

    (a)Five hundred (500) valid signatures of registered qualified electors who are registered in the same political party as the candidate; or 

     

    (b)The valid signatures of one percent (1%) of registered qualified electors who are registered in the same political party as the candidate.

     

    1703.2To obtain ballot access, a candidate for the office of member or officer of a local party committee elected at-large shall submit a nominating petition that contains, at a minimum, the lesser of:

     

    (a)Five hundred (500) valid signatures of registered qualified electors who are registered in the same political party as the candidate; or 

     

    (b)The valid signatures of one percent (1%) of registered qualified electors who are registered in the same political party as the candidate.

     

    1703.3To obtain ballot access, a candidate for the office of member or officer of a local party committee elected from a ward shall submit a nominating petition that contains, at a minimum, the lesser of:

     

    (a)One hundred (100) valid signatures of registered qualified electors who are registered in the same political party and ward as the candidate; or 

     

    (b)The valid signatures of one percent (1%) of registered qualified electors who are registered in the same political party and ward as the candidate.

     

    1703.4The maximum number of signatures that the Board will accept for filing for an office is two (2) times the minimum number of signatures as required for that office by this section.  Working from the first page of a petition that has been serially numbered pursuant to Subsection 1705.1 of this chapter, the Board shall only accept for filing the maximum number of signatures that may be filed pursuant to this section.

     

     

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 35 DCR 2006, 2024 (March 11, 1988); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 39 DCR 2467, 2512 (April 10, 1992); 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); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 61 DCR 7021 (July 11, 2014).