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D.C. Municipal Regulations (Last Updated: September 13, 2017) |
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Title 3. ELECTIONS AND ETHICS |
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Chapter 3-5. VOTER REGISTRATION |
Section 3-520. CANCELLATION OF VOTER REGISTRATION: GENERAL GROUNDS AND PROCEDURES
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520.1The grounds for cancellation of registration by the Board shall be the following:
(a)Death of the voter;
(b)Change in residence from the District of Columbia;
(c)Signed authorization from a voter, or written notification from the voter that he or she is not a qualified elector;
(d)Incarceration following a felony conviction;
(e)Successful challenge to voter registration;
(f)Falsification of information on the voter registration application;
(g)Declaration of mental incompetence by a court of competent jurisdiction; and
(h)In the case of a registrant whose registration is deemed inactive, failure to provide the Board with a current residence address in the District, in writing, or failure to vote in any election in accordance with D.C. Official Code § 1-1001.07(i)(4)(B)(2014 Repl.) by not later than the day after the date of the second general election for federal office that occurs after the date of the notice described in this section.
520.2Where the Board cancels or proposes to cancel a voter’s name from the registration roll, under § 520.1, notification to the person, as applicable to the cause of cancellation, shall be made by first class (forwardable) mail, except where authorization for removal has been provided by signature of the voter, or where the voter’s registration is being removed from the list of registrations deemed inactive.
520.3In the event that the Board learns, through the regular course of business, that a voter is otherwise unqualified to be a registered elector in the District of Columbia, the Registrar shall notify the registrant of this fact.
520.4The notice shall include the information on which the Registrar bases the decision and shall state that the registrant must respond within fourteen (14) days from the date of the mailing of the notice or be cancelled from the voter roll.
520.5The Registrar shall make a determination with respect to the elector’s eligibility within ten (10) days of receipt of a response from the registrant.
520.6The determination shall be sent by first class mail to the registrant.
520.7Within fourteen (14) days of mailing the notice, the registrant may appeal, in writing, the Registrar’s determination to the Board.
520.8The Board shall conduct a hearing and issue a decision within thirty (30) days of receipt of written notice of the appeal.
520.9Requests for cancellation of voter registration received less than thirty (30) days preceding an election shall be held and processed after that election.