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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 3-7. ELECTION PROCEDURES |
Section 3-722. PROHIBITION OF LABELS, STICKERS, AND AUTHORIZATION OF HAND STAMPS FOR CASTING WRITE-IN VOTES ON PAPER BALLOTS
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722.1The use of stickers and adhesive labels as a way of exercising the write-in method of voting is prohibited. Any write-in vote cast in this manner shall be deemed invalid.
722.2The use of a stamp by a voter to imprint the name of a write-in candidate in the appropriate space on the voter's ballot shall be permitted under the following circumstances:
(a)Where the stamp serves only to print the name of the write-in candidate on the voter's paper ballot; and
(b)Where the stamp does not affix any adhesive or other foreign material on the voter's ballot.
722.3Any voter may bring into a polling place or early voting center in any election where paper ballots are being cast a stamp for the purpose of exercising the write-in vote option, consistent with § 722.2, for the voter's personal use, provided that the voter must carry the stamp out of the polling place or early voting center with him once he or she has voted. Any stamps left in the polling place or early voting center shall be discarded by election workers.
722.4Any candidate, campaign organization, or individual may provide or distribute a stamp to voters for their use in exercising their write-in option in any election by any means including the distribution of a stamp outside of a polling place or early voting center where paper ballots are being cast, provided that the distribution shall occur outside the fifty foot (50 ft.) line, within which no political activity is permitted.
722.5No one may distribute any stamp device to any voter or any other person within the fifty foot (50 ft.) line from an early voting center or polling place entrance or inside any early voting center or polling place.