Section: 3-504

REGISTRATION TIMELINESS AND EFFECTIVENESS (Rename History)

Most recent version of the final adopted rule codified in the D.C. Municipal Regulations (DCMR)


Effective Date : 4/18/2025 12:00:00 AM

Authority : 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) (2016 Repl.)).

Source : Final Rulemaking published at 43 DCR 1078, 1080 (March 1, 1996); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 57 DCR 3267, 3270 (April 16, 2010); as amended by Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 10752 (December 16, 2012)[EXPIRED]; as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 941, 944 (February 10, 2012); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 62 DCR 14744 (November 13, 2015); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 65 DCR 6543 (June 15, 2018); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 71 DCR 007243 (June 21, 2024); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 72 DCR 004709 (April 18, 2025).

Editor's Note :

Rulemaking notices were published in the D.C. Register(DCR) and Adopted Rules were codified into the D.C. Municipal Regulations (DCMR)

  Notice ID Register Category Heading Notice/
Adopted Section 		Register Issue/
Effective Date
R0054919 Adopted Rule REGISTRATION TIMELINESS AND EFFECTIVENESS View Text Effective:
4/18/2025
N140705 Final Rulemaking Elections, Board of - Notice of Final Rulemaking - Amending 3 DCMR Ch. 5 - Voter Registration View Text 4/18/2025
Vol 72/16
N139694 Proposed Rulemaking Elections, Board of - Notice of Proposed Rulemaking - Amending 3 DCMR Ch. 5 - Voter Registration View Text 2/14/2025
Vol 72/7
R0054543 Adopted Rule REGISTRATION TIMELINESS AND EFFECTIVENESS View Text Effective:
6/21/2024
N136612 Final Rulemaking Election, Board of - Notice of Final Rulemaking - Amending 3 DCMR Ch. 5 - Unhoused DC Resident Voter Registration View Text 6/21/2024
Vol 71/25
N136036 Proposed Rulemaking Elections, Board of - Notice of Proposed Rulemaking - Amending 3 DCMR Ch. 5 - Unhoused Voters View Text 5/10/2024
Vol 71/19
R0035285 Adopted Rule REGISTRATION TIMELINESS AND EFFECTIVENESS View Text Effective:
6/15/2018
N0071059 Final Rulemaking Elections, D.C. Board of - Notice of Final Rulemaking - Chapters 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 17, 33 View Text 6/15/2018
Vol 65/24
N0055912 Final Rulemaking Elections , Board of - Notice of Final Rulemaking - Amendments to Chapters 1-3, 5-11, 14-17 to bring the rules into conformity with the Voter Registration Access and Modernization Amendment Act of 2014, and the Primary Date Alteration Amendment Act of 2014. View Text 11/13/2015
Vol 62/47
N0054701 Proposed Rulemaking Elections, Board of - Notice of Proposed Rulemaking - Amendments to Chapters 1-3, 5-11 and 14-17 to bring the rules into conformity with the Voter Registration Access and Modernization Amendment Act of 2014, and the Primary Date Alteration Amendment Act of 2014. View Text 8/14/2015
Vol 62/34
N0002021 Final Rulemaking Amendments to D.C. Municipal Regulations, Title 3, Chapter 5, "Voter Registration" View Text 4/16/2010
Vol 57/16
R0017961 Adopted Rule REGISTRATION TIMELINESS AND EFFECTIVENESS View Text Effective:
11/13/2015
R0016015 Adopted Rule REGISTRATION TIMELINESS AND EFFECTIVENESS View Text Effective:
2/10/2012
N0018275 Final Rulemaking DC Board of Elections & Ethics Notice of Final Rulemaking, Chapters 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13-17 View Text 2/10/2012
Vol 59/6
N0017707 Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking Notice of Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking, Title 3 DC Municipal Regulations, Chapters 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13-17 View Text 12/16/2011
Vol 58/50
R0007974 Adopted Rule REGISTRATION TIMELINESS AND EFFECTIVENESS View Text Effective:
4/16/2010
Other rules using the same rule number
ID Section Number Section Heading
335 3-504 [DELETED]
42680 3-504 [DELETED]