Section: 3-714

SPOILED BALLOTS (Rename History)

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


Effective Date : 9/22/2023 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. & 2019 Supp.)).

Source : Final Rulemaking published at 39 DCR 2467, 2489-90 (April 10, 1992); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 51 DCR 7414 (July 30, 2004); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 57 DCR 4245, 4259 (May 14, 2010); as amended by Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking published at 57 DCR 7081 (August 6, 2010)[EXPIRED]; as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 57 DCR 11123 (November 26, 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, 957 (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); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 70 DCR 012730 (September 22, 2023).

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
R0052887 Adopted Rule SPOILED BALLOTS 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
R0052043 Adopted Rule SPOILED 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
R0035317 Adopted Rule SPOILED 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
R0017990 Adopted Rule SPOILED BALLOTS View Text Effective:
11/13/2015
R0011680 Adopted Rule SPOILED 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
R0009699 Adopted Rule SPOILED BALLOTS View Text Effective:
11/26/2010
N0005488 Final Rulemaking Notice of Final Rulemaking, 3 DCMR Chapter 7, "Election Procedures," and Section 806, “Prohibition of Labels and Stickers, and Authorization of Hand Stamps for Casting Write-In Votes." View Text 11/26/2010
Vol 57/48
N0004527 Emergency Rulemaking Notice of Emergency Rulemaking, Chapter 7, "Election Procedures": amending the date which absentee ballots from qualified uniformed and overseas electors must be returned to the Board for tabulation following a general election and the date on which such ballots will be tabulated View Text 9/10/2010
Vol 57/37
N0004172 Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking Notice of Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking, Chapter 7, "Election Procedures" View Text 8/6/2010
Vol 57/32
N0003919 Proposed Rulemaking Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Chapter 7, "Election Procedures" View Text 7/16/2010
Vol 57/29
R0007955 Adopted Rule SPOILED BALLOTS View Text Effective:
5/14/2010
N0002319 Final Rulemaking Notice of Final Rulemaking, 3 DCMR Chapter 7, "Election Procedures" View Text 5/14/2010
Vol 57/20
N0001762 Proposed Rulemaking Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Chapter 7, "Election Procedures" View Text 3/19/2010
Vol 57/12
R0022174 Adopted Rule SPOILED BALLOTS View Text Effective:
1/1/1900
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