703 EARLY VOTING CENTERS

703.1 For each primary and general election, qualified electors may choose to cast a full ballot for their precinct at early voting centers according to procedures established by the Board.

703.2 The Board shall designate no fewer than eight (8) early voting centers, with at least one (1) early voting center located within each ward.

703.3 Satellite early voting centers shall be open from the second Sunday preceding Election Day to the Saturday prior to Election Day from the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. The Board's office shall serve as the early voting center for the in-person absentee voting period for the hours specified in this chapter.

703.4 All persons standing in line at an early voting center at the time the early voting center closes shall be permitted to vote, if otherwise qualified.

703.5 Election results from early voting shall not be released until the polls close on Election Day.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 39 DCR 2467, 2480 (April 10, 1992); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 50 DCR 11074-11075 (December 26, 2003), incorporating by reference the text of Proposed Rulemaking published at 51 DCR 5041 (May 14, 2004); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 51 DCR 7403 (July 30, 2004); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 57 DCR 4245, 4247 (May 14, 2010); as amended by Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking published at 57 DCR 7081 (August 6, 2010)[EXPIRED]; as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 57 DCR 11123 (November 26, 2010); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 62 DCR 14744 (November 13, 2015).