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| 10 | 10 | | Councilmember Anita Bonds 3 |
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| 11 | 11 | | AN ACT 4 |
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| 15 | 15 | | IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 8 |
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| 17 | 17 | | ____________________ 10 |
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| 20 | 20 | | To amend, on a temporary basis, the District of Columbia Election Code of 1955, to repeal the 13 |
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| 21 | 21 | | requirement that the Board of Elections divide the District into voting precincts every 14 |
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| 22 | 22 | | five years. 15 |
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| 24 | 24 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this 17 |
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| 25 | 25 | | act may be cited as the “Election Precinct Modernization Temporary Amendment Act of 2024”. 18 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Sec. 2. The District of Columbia Election Code of 1955, approved August 12, 1955 (69 19 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Stat. 669; D.C. Official Code § 1-1001.01 et seq.), is amended as follows: 20 |
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| 28 | 28 | | (a) Section 5(a) (D.C. Official Code § 1-1001.05(a)(8)) is amended as follows: 21 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (1) Paragraph (8) is amended to read as follows: 22 |
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| 30 | 30 | | “(8) Divide the District into voting precincts, the boundaries of which shall be 23 |
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| 31 | 31 | | aligned with the boundaries of each single-member district within each Advisory Neighborhood 24 |
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| 32 | 32 | | Commission area;”. 25 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (2) A new paragraph (4A) is added to read as follows: 26 |
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| 34 | 34 | | “(4A) Publish final elections results at the city-wide, ward, Advisory Neighborhood 27 |
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| 35 | 35 | | Commission area, and single-member district levels;”. 28 |
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| 42 | 42 | | Sec. 3. Fiscal impact statement. 29 |
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| 43 | 43 | | The Council adopts the fiscal impact statement of the Budget Director as the fiscal impact 30 |
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| 44 | 44 | | statement required by section 4a of the General Legislative Procedures Act of 1975, approved 31 |
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| 45 | 45 | | October 16, 2006 (120 Stat. 2038; D.C. Official Code § 1-301.47a). 32 |
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| 46 | 46 | | Sec. 5. Effective date. 33 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (a) This act shall take effect following approval by the Mayor (or in the event of 34 |
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| 48 | 48 | | veto by the Mayor, action by the Council to override the veto), a 30-day period of congressional 35 |
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| 49 | 49 | | review as provided in section 602(c)(1) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved 36 |
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| 50 | 50 | | December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 813; D.C. Official Code § 1-206.02(c)(1)), and publication in the 37 |
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| 51 | 51 | | District of Columbia Register. 38 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (b) This act shall expire after 225 days of its having taken effect. 39 |
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