D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 3, § 202 – Political Activity of Election Workers

202 POLITICAL ACTIVITY OF POLLING PLACE OFFICIALS

202.1 The purpose of this section is to establish higher standards of conduct for polling place officials of the District of Columbia Board of Elections in order to maintain public confidence in the integrity of those persons responsible for the administration of the election laws and the conduct of the electoral process in the District of Columbia. The provisions of this section shall solely govern the political conduct of polling place officials and are not intended to exempt polling place officials from the ethics laws and standard of conduct rules imposed on all District of Columbia employees.

202.2 Polling place officials shall be governed by the provisions of this section while employed by the Board. A polling place official is employed by the Board during any hours that he or she is performing services for the Board.

202.3 A polling place official shall not:

(a) Be a candidate or nominee for any elected office, except that a polling place official may be a candidate for office of Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner. In such instances, the polling place official shall not be assigned to work at a voting place where his or her name appears on the ballot;

(b) Hold any office in any political party or political committee; or

(c) Participate in the activities of any candidate or political committee for or against any ballot measure in the election held in the District of Columbia.

202.4 Political activity conducted by polling place officials prior to employment will not disqualify a polling place official from service.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 28 DCR 1726 (April 17, 1981), incorporating by reference the text of Proposed Rulemaking published at 28 DCR 684 (February 13, 1981); as amended by Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking published at 57 DCR 7686 (August 20, 2010) [EXPIRED]; as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 57 DCR 11107 (November 26, 2010); 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).