D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 3, § 720
720.1 Any qualified federal elector, as defined in § 501, may make a written request to vote an absentee Federal Ballot, as defined in § 700.5. Such request may be made electronically, by mail, or in person at the Board's office, and shall include the following:
720.2 An absentee Federal Ballot request sent electronically will be considered to contain an original signature.
720.3 A mailed or electronically received 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.
720.4 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.
720.5 Prior to returning the voted absentee 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.
720.6 An absentee Federal Ballot may be returned to the Board by any of the following ways:
on election day; or
(c) Delivered to the Board's office at any time before the close of the polls on election day.
720.7 All postmarked absentee Federal Ballots shall be postmarked not 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.
720.8 The Board will take steps to reasonably 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 D.C. Reg. 2467, 2495 (April 10, 1992); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 51 D.C. Reg. 7418 (July 30, 2004); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 56 D.C. Reg. 5753, 5757 (July 17, 2009); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 57 D.C. Reg. 4245, 4272 (May 14, 2010); as amended by Notice of Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking published at 57 DCR 57 DCR 7081 (August 6, 2010)[EXPIRED]; as amended by Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 57 DCR 11123, 11140 (November 26, 2010).