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 D.C. Municipal Regulations (Last Updated: September 13, 2017)
 Title 3. ELECTIONS AND ETHICS
 Chapter 3-5. VOTER REGISTRATION

  Section 3-517. CHANGES IN REGISTRATION: POLITICAL PARTY  

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    517.1Prior to the thirtieth (30th) day preceding a primary election, a registered voter may give notice of change of party affiliation status by:

     

    (a)Completing a change of party affiliation status on a Voter Registration Application;

     

    (b)Filing a change of party affiliation status by signed letter or postal card which includes the following information:

     

    (1)  The voter’s name;

     

    (2)Former and new party affiliation status;

     

    (3) Address; and

     

    (4)  Date of birth;

     

    (c)Filing a change of party affiliation status through the DMV or a voter registration agency pursuant to D.C. Official Code § 1-1001.07(d) (2014 Repl.); or

     

    (d)Completing any other form prescribed for this purpose by the Board.

     

    517.2Requests for changes to a political party affiliation status considered received during the thirty (30) days that immediately precede and include the date of the primary election shall be held and processed after the election.  The effective date for changes made pursuant to such requests shall be the day after the primary election.

     

    517.3A change in party affiliation status occurs when a voter:

     

    (a) Changes his or her party registration from one political party to another;

     

    (b) Changes his or her party registration from “No Party (Independent)” to a political party;

     

    (c)  Changes his or her party registration from a political party to “No Party (Independent).”

     

     

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, 1091-92 (March 1, 1996); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 57 DCR 3267, 3286 (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, 11121 (November 26, 2010); 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).