Section: 3-802

VALIDITY OF BALLOTS

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


Effective Date : 7/29/2022 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 27 DCR 1836 (May 2, 1980), incorporating the text of Proposed Rulemaking published at 27 DCR 1222 (March 21, 1980); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 30 DCR 5289 (October 14, 1983); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 51 DCR 5063 (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, 11151 (November 26, 2010); as amended by Emergency and Federal Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 10752 (December 16, 2012)[EXPIRED];as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 941, 969 (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 69 DCR 009504 (July 29, 2022).

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
N132985 Final Rulemaking Elections, Board of - Notice of Final Rulemaking - 3 DCMR Ch. 1,2,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15, 16,17,18,19, and 99 - To Amend regulations to Conform with the Elections Modernization Amendment Act of 2022 and to Make Other Non-Substantive Housekeeping Updates and Corrections of Typographical Errors View Text 9/22/2023
Vol 70/38
N131094 Proposed Rulemaking Elections, District of Columbia Board of - Notice of Proposed Rulemaking - Amending 3 DCMR Chapters 1, 2, 5-19, and 99 - to conform with the Elections Modernization Amendment Act of 2022 and to make non-substantive housekeeping updates to terminology and corrections for typographical errors View Text 6/30/2023
Vol 70/26
R0052047 Adopted Rule VALIDITY OF BALLOTS View Text Effective:
7/29/2022
N124612 Final Rulemaking Elections, Board of - Notice of Final Rulemaking - 3 DCMR Chapter 7, "Election Procedures," Chapter 8, "Tabulation and Certification of Election Results, and Chapter 99, Definitions of Title 3 View Text 7/29/2022
Vol 69/30
N122565 Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking Elections, Board of - Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking to Amend Chapter 7, "Election Procedures," Chapter 8, "Tabulation and Certification of Election Results," and Chapter 99, "Definitions" of Title 3 (Elections and Ethics) of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations. View Text 5/13/2022
Vol 69/19
R0035329 Adopted Rule VALIDITY OF BALLOTS 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
R0018004 Adopted Rule VALIDITY OF BALLOTS View Text Effective:
11/13/2015
R0011685 Adopted Rule VALIDITY OF BALLOTS 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
R0009711 Adopted Rule VALIDITY OF BALLOTS View Text Effective:
11/26/2010
N0005490 Final Rulemaking Notice of Final Rulemaking, 3 DCMR Chapter 8, "Tabulation and Certification of Election Results" View Text 11/26/2010
Vol 57/48
N0004335 Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking Notice of Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking, 3 DCMR Chapter 8, "Tabulation and Certification of Election Results" View Text 8/20/2010
Vol 57/34
Other rules using the same rule number
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