510.1Upon written request, the Board shall provide to any person a list of the registered qualified electors of the District of Columbia or any ward, precinct or ANC SMD therein. Responses to these data requests shall be processed in accordance with Freedom of Information Act (see Chapter 20 of this title).
510.2 The Board may furnish selective lists according to party affiliation, date of registration, ward, precinct, or ANC SMD, voter history, or any other permissible category.
510.3 The Board shall make requested voter registration information available to the public on electronic or magnetic medium, or on any media in use by the Board at the time of the request.
510.4 A list of duly registered voters eligible to vote in an election (poll book) shall be available for public inspection in all voting places. The information available for public inspection shall include the name, address, party affiliation, and ANC Single-Member District of each eligible and duly registered voter.
510.5 The following items of information contained in voter registration records are confidential and shall not be considered public information subject to disclosure to the general public:
(a) Full or partial social security numbers;(c) Email addresses or phone numbers;(d) The identity of the voter registration agency at which the voter registered; and(e) The residence and mailing addresses of any registered qualified elector whose residence address has been made confidential pursuant to this section.510.6 Complete voter registration records, including date of birth and social security numbers, shall be released to the District of Columbia Superior Court upon request.
510.7 Cumulative data based on confidential information may be publicly disclosed as long as information about any individual cannot be discerned from the disclosed data.
510.8 A voter's signature on registration records, either on a paper record or application or an electronically captured image, may be viewed by the public but may not be copied or traced except by Board officials for election administration purposes. Any such copy or tracing is not a public record.
510.9 A registered qualified elector's address shall be considered public information unless made confidential. A registered qualified elector's address may be made confidential under any of the following circumstances:
(a) The registered qualified elector, or his or her representative, presents a copy of a court order to the Registrar directing the confidentiality of the qualified elector's address;(b) The registered qualified elector, or his or her representative, presents the Registrar with reasonable written evidence demonstrating that the registered voter has at any time been a victim of a covered offense or covered employee, as defined in the "Address Confidentiality Act of 2018" (D.C. Law 22-118). This evidence may include employment, court, law enforcement, medical, or social service records; or an Address Confidentiality Program authorization card issued pursuant to the "Address Confidentiality Act of 2018."(c) In the determination of the Registrar of Voters, the registered qualified elector is an individual of significant public stature and public disclosure of the elector's address would cause an unwarranted invasion of privacy.510.10If a registered qualified elector's address is made confidential upon the showing of an Address Confidentiality Program authorization card, his or her entire registration record shall be removed from all voter records available for public inspection, including poll books available in any voting place. If a registered qualified elector's address is made confidential upon the showing of any other document or reason authorized by this section, the elector's address shall be removed from all voter records available for public inspection, including poll books available in any voting place.
510.11 Any record made confidential pursuant to this section shall remain confidential for a period of five years from the date the address is made confidential unless any of the following:
(a) An alternate period of time is specified by court order;(b) The Registrar of Voters determines that maintenance of the confidential status is necessary to prevent the unwarranted invasion of privacy;(c) The elector renews his or her request to maintain a confidential voter status; or(d) The elector makes a written request to remove his or her record from confidential status.D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 3, r. 3-510
Final Rulemaking published at 43 DCR 1078, 1086-87 (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 50 DCR 11074 (December 26, 2003); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 56 DCR 4738, 4740 (June 19, 2009); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 57 DCR 3267, 3279 (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 111111, 111117 (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, 949 (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 65 DCR 6543 (6/15/2018); amended by Final Rulemaking published at 66 DCR 8113 (7/12/2019); amended by Final Rulemaking published at 70 DCR15793 (12/15/2023); amended by Final Rulemaking published at 71 DCR 4475 (4/19/2024)Authority: D.C. Official Code § 1-1001.05(a)(14).