Current through Register Vol. 71, No. 24, June 14, 2024
Rule 3-500 - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR REGISTRATION500.1 No person shall be registered to vote in the District of Columbia unless he or she:
(a) Is a qualified elector as defined by D.C. Official Code §§ 1-1001.02(2) (2016 Repl.); and(b) He or she executes a voter registration application by signature or mark on a form approved in this chapter attesting that he or she meets the requirements as a qualified elector, and the Board approves the registration application.500.2A person is a "qualified elector" if they:
(a) For a primary election, are at least seventeen (17) years of age and will be eighteen (18) on or before the next general election, or for a general or special election, are at least eighteen (18) years of age on or before the date of the general or special election;(b) Are a citizen of the United States, except that this provision shall not apply in elections for the offices of Mayor, Members of the Council, Attorney General, Members of the State Board of Education, or Advisory Neighborhood Commissioners, or for elections on any ballot questions;(d) Have maintained a residence in the District for at least thirty (30) days preceding the next election and do not claim voting residence or the right to vote in any state, territory, or country; and(e) Have not been adjudged legally incompetent to vote by a court of competent jurisdiction.500.4 A person who is otherwise a qualified elector may pre-register on or after his or her sixteenth (16th) birthday, but he or she shall not vote in any primary election unless he or she is at least seventeen (17) years of age and will be eighteen (18) on or before the next general election or in any general or special election unless he or she is at least eighteen (18) years of age on or before the date of the general or special election.
Final Rulemaking published at 43 DCR 1078-80 (March 1, 1996); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 48 DCR 11722 (December 28, 2001); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 49 DCR 2737 (March 22, 2002); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 56 DCR 4738, 4739 (June 19, 2009); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 57 DCR 3267 (April 16, 2010); as amended by Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking published at 7 DCR 7690 (August 20, 2010)[EXPIRED]; as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 57 DCR 11111 (November 26, 2010); as amended Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 10752 (December 16, 2012)[EXPIRED];as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 941 (February 10, 2012); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 61 DCR 625 (January 24, 2014); amended by Final Rulemaking published at 62 DCR 14744 (11/13/2015); amended by Final Rulemaking published at 64 DCR 2530 (3/10/2017); amended by Final Rulemaking published at 65 DCR 6543 (6/15/2018); amended by Final Rulemaking published at 67 DCR 14502 (12/11/2020); amended by Final Rulemaking published at 70 DCR15793 (12/15/2023); amended by Final Rulemaking published at 71 DCR 1923 (2/23/2024)Authority: D.C. Official Code § 1-1001.05(a)(14).