Section 3-502. QUALIFIED UNIFORMED SERVICES AND OVERSEAS VOTERS

 

502.1A person shall qualify as a uniformed services or overseas voter to vote in elections conducted in the District of Columbia if he or she is:

 

(a) A uniformed services voter or an overseas voter who is registered to vote in the District;

 

(b) A uniformed services voter whose voting residence is in the District and who otherwise satisfies the District’s voter eligibility requirements;

 

(c) An overseas voter who, before leaving the United States, was last eligible to vote in the District and, except for a District residence requirement, otherwise satisfies the District’s voter eligibility requirements;

 

(d) An overseas voter who, before leaving the United States, would have been last eligible to vote in the District had the voter then been of voting age, and except for a District residency requirement, otherwise satisfies the District’s voter eligibility requirements; or

 

(e) An overseas voter who is not described in paragraphs (c) or (d) and, except for a District residency requirement, otherwise satisfies the District’s voter eligibility requirements, if:

 

(1)  The District is the last place where a parent or legal guardian of the voter was or would have been eligible to vote before leaving the United States; and

 

(2)  The voter has not previously registered to vote in any other state.

 

502.2A uniformed services voter is an individual who is qualified to vote and is:

 

(a)  A member of the active or reserve components of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard who is on active duty;

 

(b)  A member of the Merchant Marine, the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service, or the commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the United States;

 

(c)A member on activated status of the National Guard or state militia; or

 

(d)A spouse or dependent of an individual described in paragraphs (a) – (c).  

 

502.3An overseas voter is a United States citizen who is outside the United States.

 

502.4Qualified uniformed services and overseas voters shall inform the Board of their status as such by:

 

(a)  The use of a Federal Post Card Application (FPCA) or a Federal Write-In Ballot (FWAB);

 

(b)  The use of an overseas address on an approved voter registration application or ballot application; or

 

(c)  The inclusion on an approved voter registration application or ballot application of other information sufficient to identify the voter as a qualified uniformed services or overseas voter.

 

 

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) (2014 Repl.)).

source

Final Rulemaking published at 43 DCR 1078, 1080 (March 1, 1996); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 57 DCR 3267, 3270 (April 16, 2010); as amended by Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking published at 57 DCR 7690 (August 20, 2010)[EXPIRED]; as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 57 DCR 11111, 11114 (November 26, 2010); as amended by Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 10752 (December 16, 2012)[EXPIRED];as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 941, 944 (February 10, 2012); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 62 DCR 14744 (November 13, 2015).