{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-1-1061.04","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 1-1061.04","heading":"Role of Board.","body":"(a)\nThe Board is responsible for implementing this subchapter and the District’s responsibilities under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, approved August 28, 1986 (100 Stat. 924; 42 U.S.C. 1973ff et seq.).\n\n(b)\nThe Board shall make available to covered voters information regarding voter registration procedures for covered voters and procedures for casting military-overseas ballots.\n\n(c)\nThe Board shall establish an electronic transmission system through which a covered voter may apply for and receive voter registration materials, military-overseas ballots, and other information under this subchapter.\n\n(d)\nThe Board shall:\n(1)\nDevelop standardized absentee-voting materials, including privacy and transmission envelopes, authentication materials, and voting instructions to be used with the military-overseas ballot of a voter authorized to vote in any jurisdiction in the District; and\n(2)\nRepealed.\n\n(e)\nThe Board shall prescribe the form and content of a declaration for use by a covered voter to swear or affirm specific representations pertaining to the voter’s identity, eligibility to vote, status as a covered voter, and timely and proper completion of an overseas-military ballot. The declaration must be based on the declaration prescribed to accompany a federal write-in absentee ballot, as modified to be consistent with this subchapter. The Board shall ensure that a form for the execution of the declaration, including an indication of the date of execution of the declaration, is a prominent part of all balloting materials for which the declaration is required.","path":["Title 1. Government Organization.","Chapter 10. Elections.","Subchapter VII. Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/1-1061.04","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"ca0259821b75c41fbc86811d40656728da718544e80b0465ccab7f8c97e865e6","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-1-1061.03","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-1-1061.05"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}