American Confidence in Elections: District of Columbia Voter List Maintenance Act

“304. Requirements for voter registration in District of Columbia elections

“(a) Annual list maintenance

“(1) Requirements

“(A) In general—The District of Columbia shall carry out annually a program to remove ineligible persons from the official list of persons registered to vote in the District of Columbia, as required by section 8 of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20507) and pursuant to the procedures described in subparagraph (B).

“(B) Removal from voter rolls—In the case of a registrant from the official list of eligible voters in District of Columbia elections who has failed to vote in a District of Columbia election during a period of two consecutive years, the District of Columbia shall send to such registrant a notice described in section 8(d)(2) of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20507(d)(2)) and shall remove the registrant from the official list of eligible voters in District of Columbia elections if—

“(i) the registrant fails to respond to such notice; and

“(ii) the registrant has not voted or appeared to vote in a District of Columbia election during the period beginning the date such notice is sent and ending the later of 4 years after the date such notice is sent or after two consecutive District of Columbia general elections have been held.

“(2) Timing—In the case of a year during which a regularly scheduled District of Columbia election is held, the District of Columbia shall carry out the program described in paragraph (1) not later than 90 days prior to the date of the election.

“(b) Prohibiting same-Day registration—The District of Columbia may not permit an individual to vote in a District of Columbia election unless, not later than 30 days prior to the date of the election, the individual is duly registered to vote in the election.

“(c) District of Columbia election defined—In this section, the term District of Columbia election means any election for public office in the District of Columbia, including an election for Federal office, and any ballot initiative or referendum.”