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PUBLIC LAW 92-220-DEC. 23, 1971

82 Stat. 104; 84 Stat. 849.

69 Stat. 700; 82 Stat. 103. D.C. Code 11107.

Rules.

Repeal. 84 Stat. 850. Poll watchers. 84 Stat. 854.

Rules and regulations.

Election date.

Ante, p. 788. Ante,

p. 789.

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wards shall be based on the relative numerioal strength of such party in such ward, as compared with the total numerical strength of such party in the District, in each case as measured by the total number of registered voters of such party residing in each ward (as shown by the records of the Board as of one hundred-twenty days before such election), based on the method known as the method of equal proportions, with no ward to elect less than one member. The Board shall by regulation specify such additional details as may be necessary and proper to effectuate the purpose of this subsection." (14) Subsection (o) of section 8 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 11108), is amended to read as follows: "(o) Each candidate in a general election for member of the Board of Education shall be nominated for such office by a nominating petition (A) filed with the Board not later than the forty-fifth calendar day before the date of such general election; and (B) signed by at least two hundred qualified electors who are duly registered under section T of this Act, who reside in the ward from which the candidate seeks election, or in the case of a candidate running at large, signed by at least one thousand of the qualified electors in the District of Columbia registered under such section 7. A nominating petition for a candidate in a general election for member of the Board of Education may not be circulated for signatures before the ninety-ninth day preceding the date of such election and may not be filed with the Board before the seventieth day preceding such date. The Board may prescribe rules with respect to the preparation and presentation of nominating petitions. I n a general election for members of the Board of Education, the Board shall arrange the ballot for each ward to enable a voter registered in that ward to vote for any one candidate duly nominated to be elected to such office from such ward, and to vote for as many candidates duly nominated for election at large to such office as there are Board of Education members to be elected at large in such election." (15) Section 8 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1-1108), is amended by adding at the end of that section the following: " (r) Any petition required to be filed under this Act by a particular date must be filed no later than 5 o'clock post meridian on such date." (16) Subsection (1) of section 8 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1-1108), is repealed. (17) Subsection (c) of section 9 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1-1109), is amended to read as follows: "(c) Any candidate or group of candidates may, not less than two weeks prior to such election, petition the Board for credentials authorizing watchers at one or more polling places and at the place or places where the vote is to be counted for the next election during voting hours and until the count has been completed. The Board shall formulate rules and regulations not inconsistent with this Act to prescribe the form of watchers' credentials, to govern the conduct of such watchers, and to limit the number of watchers so that the conduct of the election will not be unreasonably obstructed. Such rules and regulations should provide fair opportunity for watchers for all candidates or groups of candidates to challenge prospective voters whom the watchers believe to be unqualified to vote, to question the accuracy in the vote count, and otherwise to observe the conduct of the election at the polling places and the counting of votes." (18) Paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of section 10 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1-1110), is amended to read as follows: " (a)(1) The elections of the officials referred to in clauses (1), (2), and (3) of the first section of this Act, and of officials designated pursuant to clause (4) of such section, and the primary under section 5 (b) of this Act, shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in May of each presidential election year."

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