720 FEDERAL ELECTORS AND ABSENTEE FEDERAL BALLOT

720.1 A person who is absent from the District shall qualify to vote as a federal elector in federal elections conducted in the District of Columbia under the provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

720.2 A qualified federal elector is a citizen of the United States residing outside of the District of Columbia who meets the following requirements:

1. (a) Resided or was domiciled in the District of Columbia who has moved into another state or territory and does not meet the voter registration residency requirements of that state or territory;
2. (b) Is at least seventeen (17) years of age and will be eighteen (18) years of age on or before the next general election;
3. (c) Has not been adjudged legally incompetent to vote; and
4. (d) Is not incarcerated for conviction of a felony in the District.

720.3 Any qualified federal elector may make a written request to vote an absentee Federal Ballot. Such request may be made electronically, by mail, or in person at the Board's office, and shall include the following:

1. (a) The voter's name;
2. (b) A statement that the applicant requests a ballot for federal offices;
3. (c) Address from which the voter was previously registered to vote in the District;
4. (d) Address to which the absentee ballot shall be delivered, if applicable;
5. (e) The voter's driver's license number or the last four (4) digits of the voter's social security number;
6. (f) The voter's date of birth; and
7. (g) The voter's original signature.

720.4 An absentee Federal Ballot request sent electronically will be considered to contain an original signature.

720.5 A mailed or electronically submitted request for an absentee Federal Ballot shall

be received from the registered voter by no later than the seventh (7th) day preceding the date of the election.

720.6 A qualified federal elector may request an absentee Federal Ballot in person not earlier than fifteen (15) days preceding the election, and not later than 4:45 p.m., on the day preceding the election.

720.7 Prior to returning the voted absentee Federal Ballot to the Board, a voter shall confirm the accuracy of his or her name, address, party affiliation, and ANC Single-Member District, where applicable, as it appears on the Board's records by signing either the absentee ballot envelope, or if voting an absentee ballot in person, the Master Index or other record prescribed by the Board. Such signature shall be deemed an affirmation that the voter's information is correct as shown on the Board's records.

720.8 An absentee Federal Ballot may be returned to the Board by any of the following ways:

(a) Mail;

(b) Brought to any polling place for deposit in the special ballot box on Election Day; or

(c) Delivered to the Board's office at any time before the close of the polls on Election Day.

720.9 All postmarked absentee Federal Ballots shall be postmarked no later than the day of the election, and all mailed (postmarked and non-postmarked) absentee Federal Ballots shall be received not later than ten (10) days after the election.

720.10 The Board may take reasonable steps to investigate the timely completion of non-postmarked absentee Federal Ballots by checking tracking numbers or any other information available.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 39 DCR 2467 (April 10, 1992); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 51 DCR 7414 (July 30, 2004); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 56 DCR 5753 (July 17, 2009); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 57 DCR 4245 (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 Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 10752 (December 16, 2012)[EXPIRED]; as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 941 (February 10, 2012).