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 D.C. Municipal Regulations (Last Updated: September 13, 2017)
 Title 3. ELECTIONS AND ETHICS
 Chapter 3-8. TABULATION AND CERTIFICATION OF ELECTION RESULTS

  Section 3-808. ABSENTEE BALLOT TABULATION  

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    808.1The provisions of this section shall govern the tabulation of absentee ballots submitted to the Board electronically or by mail, or those delivered to an early voting center or polling place on Election Day.

     

    808.2The handling and tabulation of absentee ballots shall:

    (a)  Be conducted separately from the tabulation of all other ballots;
     

    (b) Be conducted publicly; and

     

    (c)  Otherwise be conducted in the same manner as non-absentee regular ballots, insofar as those procedures do not conflict with the provisions of this section.

     

    808.3All absentee ballots received by the Board shall be tabulated on Election Day after polls have closed. 

     

    808.4Prior to tabulation, the Executive Director’s designee shall verify that the voter signed the absentee ballot envelope.

     

    808.5In preparation for tabulation, the Executive Director’s designee shall open the outer mailing envelopes, and remove the inner secrecy envelope which contains the absentee ballot.  Inner secrecy envelopes shall be sorted by ward and precinct.

     

    808.6Working precinct by precinct, the Executive Director’s designee shall:

     

    (a)  Open the inner secrecy envelopes, being careful not to damage the ballot inside.  If an absentee ballot is damaged in this process, the valid votes shall be reproduced on duplicate ballots, in accordance with the rules of this chapter; and

     

    (b)  Inspect the absentee ballots for machine tabulation acceptability.  All absentee ballots that are identified as not being machine readable shall be removed and reproduced on duplicate ballots in accordance with the rules of this chapter.

     

    808.7The absentee ballot shall be tabulated and counted as being cast in the ward and precinct in which the voter resides.

     

     

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 35 DCR 2006, 2016-17 (March 11, 1988); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 51 DCR 5067 (May 14, 2004); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 51 DCR 7426 (July 30, 2004); as amended by Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking published at 57 DCR 7705 (August 20, 2010)[EXPIRED]; as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 57 DCR 11149 (November 26, 2010); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 62 DCR 14744 (November 13, 2015).