1500

NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES BY MESSAGE

1500.1 Each political party which had in the next preceding election year at least seven thousand five hundred (7,500) votes cast in the general election for a candidate of the party to the office of Delegate, Mayor, Chairman of the Council, or member of the Council may nominate candidates for presidential electors pursuant to the provisions of D.C. Official Code § 1-1001.10 (2011 Repl.), and this section.

1500.2 The executive committee of the organization, recognized by the national committee of each party as the official organization of that party in the District of Columbia, nominates the presidential electors for that party.

1500.3 Nominations made by message shall be in writing and shall contain the following information:

(a) The name of the political party;

(b) The names of the candidates of the party for President and Vice President; and

(c) The names, addresses and registration numbers of the three candidates for presidential electors of that party.

1500.4 The message shall be signed by the chairperson or other duly authorized official of the executive committee referred to in this section.

1500.5 The message shall be filed with the District of Columbia Board of Elections and Ethics on or before the first day of September next preceding a presidential election.

1500.6 The message shall be accompanied by the affidavits required by § 1500.7.

1500.7 At the time of filing the message required by this section, the executive committee of the party shall also cause to be filed an affidavit from each of the three (3) candidates of the party for presidential electors, stating that:

(a) The candidate meets all the legal requirements for office;

(b) The nomination as a candidate for presidential elector is filed with the nominee's knowledge and consent; and

(c) If elected as a presidential elector, the candidate intends to vote in the electoral college for the presidential and vice presidential candidates nominated by the designated political party.

1500.8 In addition to the documents referred to in this section, affidavits shall

be executed personally by the presidential and vice presidential candidates of that party, stating their consent to the appearance of their names on the ballot; and, in the event that their presidential electors are elected in the District of Columbia, to representation in the electoral college, by each of the three (3) named presidential electors.

1500.9 The documents required by §§ 1500.3, 1500.7, and 1500.8 shall be filed with the Board not later than 5:00 p.m. on September 1st of each presidential election year, unless the deadline for these documents has been waived by the Board for good cause.

1500.10 A political party, which has not previously qualified pursuant to Chapter 10 of Title 1, D. C. Code (2006 Repl.), (relating to nomination from parties which had a candidate elected President), may nominate its candidates for President and Vice President, and for presidential electors, by obtaining the approval of the political party name, as provided in § 1502; and by filing the appropriate nominating petition and related documents, required by this section and § 1503.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 27 D.C. Reg. 2763 (June 27, 1980), incorporating the text of Proposed Rulemaking published at 27 D.C. Reg. 1929, 1939-40 (May 9, 1980); and further amended by Final Rulemaking published at 30 D.C. Reg. 5289, 5305 (October 14, 1983); and as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 50 D.C. Reg. 6696 (August 15, 2003); as amended by Notice of Emergency and Federal Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 10752 (December 16, 2012)[EXPIRED]; as amended by Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 941, 977 (February 10, 2012).