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District Of Columbia Administrative Code
Title 3 - ELECTIONS AND ETHICS
Chapter 3-16 - CANDIDATE NOMINATION: DELEGATE TO THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, MAYOR, CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ATTORNEY GENERAL, U.S. SENATOR, U.S. REPRESENTATIVE, MEMBERS OF THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, AND ADVISORY NEIGHBORHOOD COMMISSIONER
Rule 3-1601 - APPROVAL OF POLITICAL PARTY NAMES

D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 3, r. 3-1601

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Current through Register Vol. 71, No. 50, December 13, 2024
Rule 3-1601 - APPROVAL OF POLITICAL PARTY NAMES
1601.1

Application for approval of a political party name shall be made on a form prescribed by the Board.

1601.2

The application for approval of a political party name shall include the name, address, telephone number, and voter registration number of the chairperson, treasurer, other principal officers, and each member of the duly authorized local committee of such party in the District.

1601.3

The Board may reject any name that, in the judgment of the Board, tends to confuse or mislead the public.

1601.4

No nominating petition shall be issued to a person seeking nomination as a candidate affiliated with a political party unless the name of such political party has been previously approved by a majority vote of the Board.

D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 3, r. 3-1601

Final Rulemaking published at 27 DCR 2763 (June 27, 1980), incorporating the text of Proposed Rulemaking published at 27 DCR 1929, 1947-48 (May 9, 1980); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 36 DCR 8364, 8365-66 (December 15, 1989); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 43 DCR 1078, 1109 (March 1, 1996); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 61 DCR 625 (January 24, 2014)
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) (2012 Repl.)).