Section 3-514. NOTIFICATION OF ACCEPTANCE OF REGISTRATION OR CHANGE OF REGISTRATION

 

514.1   Within nineteen (19) calendar days after the receipt of a voter registration application, the Registrar shall mail a non-forwardable voter registration notification to the applicant advising him or her of the acceptance or rejection of the registration application.  If the application is rejected, the notification shall include the reason or reasons for the rejection and shall inform the voter of his or her right to either submit additional information as requested by the Board, or appeal the rejection pursuant to D.C. Official Code § 1-1001.07(f) (2014 Repl.).

 

514.2In the event that the notification advising the applicant of acceptance of his or her voter registration is returned to the Board as undeliverable, the Registrar shall mail the notice provided in D.C. Official Code §  1-1001.07(j)(1)(B) (2014 Repl.).

 

514.3As soon as practicable after the election, the Board shall mail each registered voter who filed a change of address at the polls on Election Day a non-forwardable address confirmation notice to the address provided in the written affirmation on the Special Ballot Envelope.  If the United States Postal Service returns the address confirmation notification as "undeliverable" or indicating that the registrant does not live at the address provided in the written affirmation on the Special Ballot Envelope, the Board shall notify the Attorney General of the District of Columbia.

 

 

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, 1088-89 (March 1, 1996); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 56 DCR 4738, 4741 (June 19, 2009); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 57 DCR 3267, 3283 (April 16, 2010); as amended by Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking published at 7 DCR 7690 (August 20, 2010)[EXPIRED]; as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 57 DCR 11111, 11119 (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, 952 (February 10, 2012); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 61 DCR 625 (January 24, 2014); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 62 DCR 14744 (November 13, 2015).