Section 3-508. REGISTRATION THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES

 

508.1The Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) and the Board of Elections shall jointly develop a voter registration application that shall allow an applicant who wishes to register to vote to do so by the use of a single form that contains the necessary information required for the issuance, renewal, or correction of the applicant’s driver’s permit or non-driver’s identification card in any motor vehicle services office.

 

508.2Completion of the voter registration portion of the application form shall not be a requirement of an individual’s application for a driver’s permit or non-driver’s identification card.

 

508.3Each application form shall automatically serve as an application to register to vote in the District of Columbia, unless the applicant fails to sign the voter registration portion of the form.

 

508.4A voter registration application shall not be accepted by the Board unless it contains the signature of the applicant.

 

508.5Each voter registration application shall be considered as updating any previous voter registration by an applicant who is already listed as a registered voter, or whose name appears on the inactive list of registered voters, unless a voter indicates that a change of address is not for voter registration purposes.

 

508.6Upon the receipt of a voter registration application or a notice of change of address, the DMV shall in a consistent manner indicate the date of its receipt on the portion of the form used by the Board for voter registration and registration update purposes.

 

508.7A voter registration application or to update information on an existing voter registration shall be considered received by the Board on the date that it was accepted by the DMV.

 

508.8The DMV shall transmit each completed voter registration application or notice of change of a name, address, or party not later than ten (10) days after the date of acceptance by the DMV, except that if a voter registration application is accepted within five (5) days before the last day for registration-by-mail, the application shall be transmitted to the Board not later than five (5) days after the date of its acceptance.

508.9The Director of the DMV shall do the following:

 

(a)Ensure that each agency site is supplied with an adequate number of combined Motor Vehicles/voter registration applications; and

 

(b)Submit in writing and answer any questions as the chief administrative officer of the Board of Elections or the Board may prescribe that relate to the administration and enforcement of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, the National Voter Registration Act Conforming Amendment Act of 1994, and the Help America Vote Act of 2002.

 

 

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 56 DCR 4738, 4740 (June 19, 2009); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 57 DCR 3267, 3270 (April 16, 2010); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 62 DCR 14744 (November 13, 2015).