Section: 3-1500

GENERAL PROVISIONS (Rename History)

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


Effective Date : 4/19/2024 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 § 1-1001.01 et seq.).

Source : Final Rulemaking published at 27 DCR 2763 (June 27, 1980), incorporating the text of Proposed Rulemaking published at 27 DCR 1929, 1939-40 (May 9, 1980); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 30 DCR 5289, 5305 (October 14, 1983); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 50 DCR 6696 (August 15, 2003); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 941, 977 (February 10, 2012); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 61 DCR 625 (January 24, 2014); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 69 DCR 005226 (May 13, 2022); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 70 DCR 012730 (September 22, 2023); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 71 DCR 004475 (April 19, 2024).

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
R0054420 Adopted Rule GENERAL PROVISIONS View Text Effective:
4/19/2024
N135653 Final Rulemaking Elections, Board of - Notice of Final Rulemaking - Amending 3 DCMR Ch. 1, 4, 5, 7, 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17 - To Conform the Board's Regulations to the Elections Modernization Amendment Act of 2022 View Text 4/19/2024
Vol 71/16
N135292 Proposed Rulemaking Elections, Board of - Second Notice of Proposed Rulemaking - Amending 3 DCMR Ch. 1, etc. - To Conform the Board's Regulations to the Elections Modernization Amendment Act of 2022 View Text 3/15/2024
Vol 71/11
N134570 Proposed Rulemaking Elections, Board of - Notice of Proposed Rulemaking - Amending 3 DCMR Ch. 1, 4, 5, 7, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17 - To Adopt Amendments to Conform with Elections Modernization Amendment Act of 2022 View Text 1/19/2024
Vol 71/3
R0052918 Adopted Rule GENERAL PROVISIONS View Text Effective:
9/22/2023
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
R0051843 Adopted Rule GENERAL PROVISIONS View Text Effective:
5/13/2022
N121467 Final Rulemaking Elections, Board of - Notice of Final Rulemaking - Amending Chapter 5 - Voter Registration, Chapter 7 - Election Procedures, 10 - Initiative and Referendum, 14 - Candidate Nominations: Political Party Primaries, 15 - Candidate Nominations: Electors of President and Vice President of the United States, Chapter 99 - Definitions. View Text 5/13/2022
Vol 69/19
N119597 Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking Elections, Board of - Notice of Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking - Amending 3 DCMR Chapter 5 - Voter Registration, Chapter 7 - Election Procedures, Chapter 10 - Initiative and Referendum, Chapter 14 - Candidate Nominations: Political Party Primaries for Presidential Preference and Convention Delegates, Chapter 15 - Candidate Nominations: Electors of President and Vice President of the United States, and Chapter 99 - Definitions. View Text 3/11/2022
Vol 69/10
N0046001 Final Rulemaking Elections, Board of - Notice of Final Rulemaking - Amendments establish a new Chapter 12, govern non-resident petition circulators, revise effective date of changes to party affiliation status, and revise rules to mirror the processing procedures of FOIA requests at subordinate agencies View Text 1/24/2014
Vol 61/4
R0015267 Adopted Rule GENERAL PROVISIONS View Text Effective:
1/24/2014
N0045214 Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking Board of Elections Notice of Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking to 3 DCMR Chapters 5-7; 10-17; and 20. View Text 11/22/2013
Vol 60/50
R0011690 Adopted Rule GENERAL PROVISIONS 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
R0022263 Adopted Rule GENERAL PROVISIONS View Text Effective:
1/1/1900
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