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600.1

This chapter governs the process by which candidates for elected office declare and withdraw their candidacy and the process by which candidates are determined to be eligible to hold the particular office sought. Acceptance by the Board or the Office of Campaign Finance of reports and statements required to be filed by a candidate pursuant to D.C. Official Code §§ 1-1101.01 et seq. (2011 Repl.), shall not be construed as a determination by the Board that the candidate is eligible for the particular office which he or she seeks.

600.2

For purposes of this chapter, unless otherwise provided, the following term shall have the meaning ascribed:

1. (a) The term "candidate for nomination" means an individual who is seeking to win a party primary or is seeking ballot access in a general or special election by having registered voters sign a nominating petition to have his or her name printed directly on the ballot;
2. (b) The term "candidate for election" means an individual who has won a party primary or survived the challenge period (D.C. Official Code § 1-1001.08(o) (2011 Repl.)) after filing a petition to have his or her name printed directly on the general or special election ballot;
3. (c) The term "write-in nominee" means an individual whose name is written on the ballot by a voter in a primary, general, or special election and whose eligibility as a candidate in the election has not been determined by the Executive Director or his or her designee;
4. (d) The term "write-in candidate" means an individual who has been nominated by at least one write-in vote and who has perfected his or her candidacy by filing an Affirmation of Write-In Candidacy form with the Board prior to the statutory deadline; and
5. (e) The term "eligible," when used with the term "candidate," includes an individual who is not ineligible to be a candidate pursuant to D.C. Official Code § 1-1001.15, and who meets or is capable of meeting those statutory requirements necessary to serve in the particular office sought.
6. (f) The term "elected office" means any of the following elected party, District, or federal offices:
7. (1) National committeemen and national committeewomen of political parties, and alternates, when the party has requested the inclusion of these offices at a regularly scheduled primary election in a

presidential election year;

(2) Delegates to conventions and conferences of political parties, and alternates, when the party has requested the inclusion of these offices at a regularly scheduled primary election in a presidential election year;

(3) Members and officials of local committees of political parties when the party has requested the inclusion of these offices at a regularly scheduled primary election in a presidential election year;

(4) Electors of President and Vice President of the United States;

(5) Delegate to the House of Representatives;

(6) Members of the State Board of Education;

(7) Members of the Council of the District of Columbia, including Chairman;

(8) Attorney General for the District of Columbia;

(9) Mayor of the District of Columbia;

(10) United States Senator;

(11) United States Representative; and

(12) Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 27 DCR 3805 (August 29, 1980), incorporating the text of Proposed Rulemaking published at 27 DCR 2768-69 (June 27, 1980); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 30 DCR 5289, 5294-95 (October 14, 1983); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 61 DCR 625 (January 24, 2014); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 70 DCR 015793 (December 15, 2023).