502

QUALIFIED UNIFORMED SERVICES AND OVERSEAS VOTERS

502.1

A person shall qualify as a uniformed services or overseas voter to vote in elections conducted in the District of Columbia if he or she is:

(a) A uniformed services voter or an overseas voter who is registered to vote in the District;

(b) A uniformed services voter whose voting residence is in the District and who otherwise satisfies the District's voter eligibility requirements;

(c) An overseas voter who, before leaving the United States, was last eligible to vote in the District and, except for a District residence requirement, otherwise satisfies the District's voter eligibility requirements;

(c) An overseas voter who, before leaving the United States, would have been last eligible to vote in the District had the voter then been of voting age, and except for a District residency requirement, otherwise satisfies the District's voter eligibility requirements; or

(e) An overseas voter who is not described in paragraphs (c) or (d) and, except for a District residency requirement, otherwise satisfies the District's voter eligibility requirements, if:

(1) The District is the last place where a parent or legal guardian of the voter was or would have been eligible to vote before leaving the United States; and

(2) The voter has not previously registered to vote in any other state.

502.2

A uniformed services voter is an individual who is qualified to vote and is:

(a) A member of the active or reserve components of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard who is on active duty;

(b) A member of the Merchant Marine, the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service, or the commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the United States;

(c) A member on activated status of the National Guard or state militia; or

(d) A spouse or dependent of an individual described in paragraphs (a) – (c).

502.3 An overseas voter is a United States citizen who is outside the United States.

502.4 Qualified uniformed services and overseas voters shall inform the Board of their status as such by:

(a) The use of a Federal Post Card Application (FPCA) or a Federal Write-In Ballot (FWAB);

(b) The use of an overseas address on an approved voter registration application or ballot application; or

(c) The inclusion on an approved voter registration application or ballot application of other information sufficient to identify the voter as a qualified uniformed services or overseas voter.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 43 DCR 1078, 1080 (March 1, 1996); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 57 DCR 3267, 3270 (April 16, 2010); as amended by Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking published at 57 DCR 7690 (August 20, 2010)[EXPIRED]; as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 57 DCR 11111, 11114 (November 26, 2010); as amended by Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 10752 (December 16, 2012)[EXPIRED];as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 941, 944 (February 10, 2012).