816.1 The Board shall conduct recount proceedings in accordance with provisions of this section.

816.2 The validity of ballots recounted shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

816.3 Each candidate in a contested election petitioned to be recounted shall be permitted to have watchers in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 7 of this title.

816.4 In the event a recount is made of less than all precincts in District, the Board shall, upon the basis of that recount, preliminary determine the total number of votes received by each candidate involved in the recount by adding the votes tallied in the recount to the votes originally tallied in the precinct not recounted.

816.5 If all candidates certified by the Board as winners appear to be winners in the recount, the preliminary determination of Board shall become final.

816.6 The Board shall determine the number votes received by each candidate as a result of the recount, but shall not make a new certification of the results of the election.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 28 D.C. Reg. 1726 (April 26, 1981), incorporating the text of Proposed Rulemaking published at 28 D.C. Reg. 403, 411 (January 23, 1981); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 51 D.C. Reg. 7433 (July 30, 2004); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 51 D.C. Reg. 5071 (May 14, 2004).