D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 3, r. 3-1200

Current through Register 71, No. 45, November 7, 2024

Rule 3-1200 - BALLOT FORM AND CONTENT

1200.1

The Board shall provide official ballots to voters that shall be used by the voter to indicate candidate and ballot measure preferences in any contest.

1200.2

Official election ballots shall list:

(a) Any offices to be filled and candidates for nomination or election;

(b) The serial number, short title, and summary statement of each proposed initiative, referendum or Charter amendment, if any; and

(c) Each proposed recall measure, if any.

1200.3

Official ballots for primary elections shall be separate and color-coded for each political party qualified to participate in the election.

1200.4

Official ballots for qualified federal electors shall list only the offices of Electors of President and Vice President of the United States and Delegate to the United States House of Representatives and the candidates for each office, and shall be provided in any primary, general or special election in which those offices are nominated or elected. Federal Ballots shall be restricted to qualified federal electors as defined in Chapter 5.

1200.5

Initiative, referendum, and recall measures, proposed Charter amendments, and special elections to fill vacancies may appear on a separate ballot in any election.

1200.6

Candidates who are properly registered as a slate shall appear individually in each contest denoting parenthetically the name of the slate with which the candidate is registered.

D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 3, r. 3-1200

Final Rulemaking published at 61 DCR 625 (January 24, 2014); amended by Final Rulemaking published at 70 DCR 12730 (9/22/2023); amended by Final Rulemaking published at 70 DCR15793 (12/15/2023)

Authority: The District of Columbia Election Code of 1955, as amended, approved August 12, 1955 (69 Stat. 699; D.C. Official Code § 1-1001.05(a)(14) ).