900.1 This chapter governs the procedures of the District of Columbia Board of Elections in the event a vacancy occurs in any of the following offices prior to the expiration of the term of office:

1. (a) The Mayor of the District of Columbia;
2. (b) The Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia;
3. (c) At-large and ward Members of the Council of the District of Columbia;
4. (d) The Attorney General for the District of Columbia;
5. (e) At-large and ward members of the State Board of Education; and
6. (f) Delegate to the House of Representatives.

900.2 A vacancy shall exist in the offices specified in this section when any of the following occurs during the public official's term of office:

1. (a) Resignation;
2. (b) Death;
3. (c) Declaration of vacancy by a court; or
4. (d) In the case of any Member of the Council of the District of Columbia, removal through expulsion.

900.3 A vacancy shall also exist in the offices of Mayor, Member of the Council of the District of Columbia, Attorney General, or Member of the State Board of Education whenever a recall election is conducted and, as a result of that recall election, an elected officer is removed from office.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 28 DCR 1726 (April 17, 1981), incorporating the text of Proposed Rulemaking published at 28 DCR 403 (January 23, 1981); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 48 DCR 11722 (December 28, 2001); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 49 DCR 2737 (March 22, 2002); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 57 DCR 584 (January 15, 2010); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 8058 (September 16, 2011); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 62 DCR 14744 (November 13, 2015); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 72 DCR 004710 (April 18, 2025).