2186203 Errata Notice correcting the numbering in section 512

OFFICE OF DOCUMENTS AND ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUANCES

ERRATA NOTICE

The Administrator of the Office of Documents and Administrative Issuances (ODAI), pursuant to the authority set forth in section 309 of the District of Columbia Administrative Procedure Act, approved October 21, 1968 (82 Stat. 1203; D.C. Official Code § 2-559 (2011 Repl.), hereby gives notice of a correction to the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations (DCMR) as amended by a Notice of Final Rulemaking published in the D.C. Register  and issued by the Board of Elections and Ethics (BOEE) on February 12, 2012, at 59 DCR 941, 950. 

This Errata Notice corrects the numbering error in section 512 (Voter Registration Application Processing for Qualified Uniformed Services and Overseas Voters).  The subsections are numbered 512.2 through 512.8; thereby, omitting subsection 512.1.  This errata notice corrects this omission such that the entire section reads as follows:

512                  VOTER REGISTRATION APPLICATION PROCESSING FOR QUALIFIED UNIFORMED SERVICES AND OVERSEAS VOTERS         

512.1               A qualified uniformed services or overseas voter may use any federally- or District-approved voter registration application, including their electronic equivalents, to register to vote or update his or her registration.  For the purpose of this section, a “voter registration application” shall include the following:

(a)        A Federal Post Card Application (FPCA);

(b)        The declaration accompanying a Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot (FWAB declaration);

(c)        The Board’s Voter Registration Application; or

(d)       Any other voter registration application.

512.2               The Board shall process voter registration applications that are received electronically or mailed prior to the thirtieth (30th) day preceding an election, provided that the Board shall also process timely completed non-postmarked voter registration applications mailed and received not later than the twenty-third (23rd) day preceding any election.

512.3               A voter registration application which is delivered by mail and postmarked by the United States Postal Service is considered received by the Board on the date of the postmark.

512.4               A voter registration application delivered by common carrier will be considered received by the Board on the parcel’s shipping date.

512.5               A voter registration application delivered without a postmark is considered to be received by the Board upon acknowledgement of receipt by an agency date-stamp.

512.6               The Board will take reasonable steps to investigate the timely completion of non-postmarked voter registration applications by checking tracking numbers, or any other information available.

512.7               All voter registration applications considered received during the thirty (30) days that immediately precede and include the date of the election shall be held and processed after the election.

This change does not alter the meaning, application, or substantive nature of the regulation in any form.  The text of 3 DCMR § 512 is corrected in accordance with the intended text of the Notice of Final Rulemaking.

Any questions or comments regarding this notice shall be addressed by mail to Victor L. Reid, Esq., Administrator, Office of Documents and Administrative Issuances, 441 4^th Street, N.W., Suite 520 South, Washington, D.C. 20001, or via telephone at [phone]