1007. VALIDITY OF SIGNATURES

1007 VALIDITY OF SIGNATURES 1007.1 A petition signature shall not be counted as valid in any of the following circumstances: (a) The signer’s voter registration was designated as inactive on the voter roll at the time the petition was signed; (b) The signer, according to the Board’s records, is not registered to vote at the address listed on the petition at the time the petition was signed and has failed to file a change of address form that is received by the Board on or before the date that the petition is filed; (c) The signature is a duplicate of a valid signature; (d) The signature is not dated; (e) The petition does not include the address of the signer; (f) The petition does not include the name of the signer where the signature is not sufficiently legible for identification; (g) The circulator of the petition sheet was not a qualified petition circulator at the time the petition was signed; (h) The circulator of the petition failed to complete or correctly enter all required information in the circulator’s affidavit; (i) The signature is not made by the person whose signature it purports to be, provided that registered voters who are unable to sign their names may make their marks in the space for signature. These marks shall not be counted as valid signatures unless the persons witnessing the marks shall attach to the petition affidavits that they explained the contents of the petitions to the signatories and witnessed their marks; (j) [REPEALED]; (k) The signature was obtained outside of the presence of the circulator; (l) The signature was obtained on a petition sheet that was submitted on behalf of a previously filed petition that was rejected or found to be numerically insufficient; (m) Correction fluid or tape was used on information provided by the circulator in the circulator affidavit; (n) Correction fluid or tape was used on information provided by the signer, including their name, address, signature, date of signing, or ward; or (o) Information about the signer was written, altered, corrected, clarified, or obscured on the petition by a person other than the signer, and the signer did not request such assistance before affixing their signature 1007.2 Notwithstanding Subsection 1007.1, the Board may waive a defect for good cause shown unless waiver would conflict with a statutory petition requirement. SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 43 DCR 103 (January 12, 1996); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 47 DCR 6977 (August 27, 1999); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 60 DCR 5582 (April 12, 2013); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 61 DCR 625 (January 24, 2014); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 67 DCR 7896 (June 26, 2020); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 73 DCR 008498 (June 12, 2026). District of Columbia Municipal Regulations Elections and Ethics 3 DCMR § 1007