Section 3-406. MEETINGS AND HEARINGS

 

406.1The meetings and hearings of the Board shall be open to the public, with the exception of executive sessions, as that term is defined and explained in Section 103 in Chapter 1 of this title.

 

406.2The proposed agenda for each Board meeting and the minutes from the previous regular Board meeting shall be posted in the office of the Board and on its website at least twenty-four (24) hours prior to a regular Board meeting.

 

406.3Copies of the agenda and the minutes from the previous regular Board meeting shall be available to the public at the meeting or hearing.

 

406.4Nothing in this section shall preclude the Board from amending the agenda at the meeting or hearing.

 

406.5A meeting of the Board shall be held once each month in accordance with a schedule to be established by the Board, and additional meetings may be called as needed by the Board.

 

406.6Hearings shall be scheduled as needed for the purpose of receiving evidence and testimony on specific complaints or petitions.

 

406.7Meetings and hearings shall be held at the time and place the Board or the Chairperson designates.

 

406.8Meetings and hearings may be adjourned from time-to-time.

 

406.9If the time and place of resumption is publicly announced when the adjournment is ordered, no further notice shall be required.

 

406.10A majority of the Board shall constitute a quorum. However, the Board is authorized to utilize the use of one-member panels pursuant to D.C. Official Code § 1-1001.05(g) (2006 Repl.).

 

406.11A member absent at the decision meeting may cast an absentee vote only if the member attended all of the hearings on the complaint or petition.

 

406.12A member attending the decision meeting and having read the transcript and reviewed the complete record may vote even though that member may not have attended any or all of the prior meetings or hearings on the complaint or petition.

 

406.13At the discretion of the Chairperson, any member may participate in a meeting of the Board by means of a video conference, telephone conference or by any means of communication by which all persons participating in the meeting are able to hear one another, and such participation shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.

 

406.14At least one member shall be physically present at any hearing.

 

authority

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

source

Final Rulemaking published at 45 DCR 432 (January 23, 1998); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 56 DCR 4738 (June 19, 2009); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 63 DCR 11871 (September 30, 2016).