1110.1 Upon completion of the counting and validation process, if a recall petition is found to be numerically sufficient, the Board shall certify the sufficiency of the petition and set the date of a special election to determine whether the elected officer sought to be recalled shall be removed from office.

1110.2 The Board shall conduct an election on a recall measure for any elected officer within one hundred and fourteen (114) days of its receipt of a petition as provided in D.C. Code § 1-204.112 (2006 Repl.), or if a previously scheduled general, primary, or special election shall occur between fifty-four (54) and one hundred and fourteen (114) days of its receipt of a petition as provided in D.C. Code § 1-204.112 (2006 Repl.), the Board may present the measure at that election.

1110.3 If a petition for the proposed recall of an officer elected from a particular ward, Advisory Neighborhood Commission, Single-Member District or school district, is certified as sufficient, the recall election for that official shall be conducted only in that ward, Advisory Neighborhood Commission, Single-Member District or school district.

1110.4 Unless conducted in accordance with a previously scheduled general, primary, or special election, the recall election for an elected officer from a Single-Member District shall be conducted according to one (1) of the following:

(a) In the Single-Member District represented by the Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner at the voting precinct containing the majority of the registered qualified electors;

(b) At an appropriate alternative site within the Single-Member District, if the voting precinct is unavailable; or

(c) By postal ballot, pursuant to the Board's regulations.

1110.5 An election conducted at a polling place to consider the recall of an elected officer from a Single-Member District shall be conducted in the same manner as a special election to fill a vacancy in the same office and be in compliance with the requirements set forth in chapter 13 of this title.

1110.6 An election conducted by postal ballot to consider the recall of an elected officer from a Single-Member District shall be conducted in the same manner as a special mail ballot election to fill a vacancy in the same office and shall be in compliance with the requirements set forth in chapter 13 of this title.

1110.7 An election called to consider the recall of an elected officer from a Single-Member District shall not be considered an "election" for the purposes of D.C. Code § 1-1001.16(p) (2006 Repl.).

1110.8 A recall measure shall appear on the election ballot in substantially the following form: RECALL ELECTION FOR the recall of (insert the name of the elected officer and the office held) AGAINST the recall of (insert the name of the elected officer and the office held)

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 42 D.C. Reg. 4419, 4433-34 (August 18, 1995); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 48 D.C. Reg. 11722 (December 28, 2001); and further amended by Final Rulemaking published at 49 D.C. Reg. 2737 (March 22, 2002).