An Act to amend the District of Columbia Election Act, and for other purposes
PL 92-220 (S.2878), enacted 12/23/1971

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PUBLIC LAW 92-220-DEC. 23, 1971 
[85 STAT. 
Public Law 92-220 
December 23, 1971 
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A C T 
[s. 2878] 
To amend the District of Columbia Election Act, and for other purposes. 
District of 
Columbia Elec-
tion Act, amend-
ments, 
69 Stat. 699; 
84 Stat. 849. 
82 Stat. 103. 
69 Stat. 699; 
75 Stat, 820; 
84 Stat. 853. 
Convicted 
felons, qualifi-
cation as elec-
tors. 
"Felony. 
Be It enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
T'nited States of America in Congress assembled, That the District 
of Columbia P:iection Act (D.C. Code, sees. 1-1100—1-1115), is 
amended as follows: 
(1) The first section of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1-1101), is amended 
(A) by striking out in clause (2) thereof the final "and",- (B) by 
redesignating clause (3) as clause (4), (C) by adding a new clause 
(8) as follows: 
"(3) Alternates to the officials referred to in clauses (1) and 
(2) above, where permitted by political party rules; and", 
and (D) by inserting in clause (4) (as redesignated by this section) 
"or by ward" immediately after "large". 
(2) Paragraph (4) of section 2 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1-1102), 
is amended by striking out "a school" and inserting in lieu thereof "an". 
(3) Paragraph (2) of section 2 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1-1102), 
is amended as follows: 
(A) By striking out "The term" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"Except as provided in paragraph (7) of this section, the term". 
(B) By striking out in clause (A) "one-year period" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "ninety-day period" and by inserting at 
the end thereof immediately before the semicolon ", except in the 
case of an election of electors of President and Vice President of 
the United States the period shall be thirty days". 
(C) By striking out in clause (B) "twenty-one" and inserting 
in lieu thereof "eighteen". 
(D) By striking out clause (C), and redesignating clause (D) 
as clause (C). 
(4) Section 2 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1-1102), is amended by 
inserting at the end of that section the following: 
"(7) (A) Any person in the District of Columbia who has been con-
victed of a crime in the United States which is a felony in the District 
of Columbia, may be a qualified elector, if otherwise qualified— 
" (i) at the end of the five-year period beginning on the date he 
completes the sentence of incarceration imposed upon him for the 
last such crime committed by him, or in the case of a person who is 
granted parole or probation with respect to such last crime, begin-
ning on the date he begins such parole or probation, if he success-
fully completes such parole or probation, or 
"(ii) at the end of the three-year period beginning on the date 
he completes such sentence of incarceration, or in the case of a 
person who is granted parole or probation with respect to such 
last crime, beginning on the date he begins such parole or proba-
tion, if the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, after 
application made to such court by such person, certifies to the 
Board that such person has demonstrated such qualities of con-
duct and character as to warrant the restoration of his right to 
vote; or 
"(iii) on the date upon which he receives a pardon with respect 
to such crime. 
"(B) For the purposes of this paragraph, the term 'felony' shall 
include any crime committed in the District of Columbia referred to 
in section 14 of this Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1-1114). 
"(C) Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to grant a pardon 
or amnesty to any person." 
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(5) Clause (8) of subsection (a) of section 5 of such Act {J).C. Code, 
sec, 1-1105). is amended by inserting immediately before "'copy" the 
^^ stat. 8i7. 
word "sample". 
(6) Clause (4) of subsection (a) of section 5 of such Act (D.C. 
Code, sec. 1-1105), is amended by striking out "school''. 
^^ stat. 7oo; 
(7) Section 5 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1-1105), is amended (A) 
Prrsidenti'ai 
by redesignating subsections (b). (c). and (d) as subsections (c), preference pri-
(d), and (e), respectively, and (B) by adding after subsection (a) Bo7rdr'^°"*''°^ 
the following: 
"(b) (1) The Board shall, on the first Tuesday after the first Mon-
day in May of each presidential election year, conduct a presidential 
preference primary election within the District of Columbia in which 
the registered qualified voters therein may express their preference 
for candidates of each political party of the District of CWumbia for 
nomination for President. 
"(2) Xo person shall be listed on the ballot as a candidate for nomi-
nation for President in such primary unless there shall have been 
filed with the Board no later than forty-five days before the date of 
such presidential primary election a petition on behalf of his candi-
dacy signed by the candidate and at least one thousand qualified 
electors of the District of Columbia who are registered under section 7 
of this Act, and of the same political party as the nominee. 
"(3) Candidates for delegate and alternates where permitted by 
political party rules to a particular political party national conven-
tion convened to nominate that party's candidate for President shall 
be listed on the ballot of the presidential preference primary held 
under this Act as— 
"(A) full slates of candidates for delegates supporting a can-
didate for nomination for President if there shall have been filed 
with the Board, no later than forty-five days before the date of 
such presidential primary, a petition on behalf of such slate's 
candidacy signed by the candidates on the slate, the candidate for 
nomination for President supported by the slate, and by at least 
one thousand qualified electors of the District of Columbia who 
are registered under section 7 of this Act and are of the same jj^^^' ^°'^^ ^' 
political party as the candidates on such slate ; 
"(B) full slates of candidates for delegates not committed to 
support any named candidate for nomination for President if 
there shall have been filed with the Board, no later than forty-
five days before the date of such presidential primary, a petition 
on behalf of such slate's candidacy, signed by the candidates 
on the slate and by at least one thousand qualified electors of the 
District of Columbia who have registered under section 7 of this 
Act and are of the same political party as the candidates on 
such slate; 
''(C) an individual candidate for delegate supporting a candi-
date for nomination for President if there shall have been filed 
with the Board, no later than forty-five days before the date of 
such presidential primary, a petition on behalf of such candidate, 
signed by the candidate and by at least one thousand qualified 
electors of the District of Columbia w^ho have registered under 
section 7 of this Act and are of the same political party as the can-
didate; or 
"(D) an individual not committed to support any named can-
didate for nomination for President if there shall have been filed 
with the Board, no latter than forty-five days before the date of 
such presidential primary, a petition on behalf of such candidate, 
signed by the candidate and by at least one thousand qualified 
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electors of the District of Columbia who have registered under 
D.c. Code 1- 
section 7 of this Act and are of the same political party as the 
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candidate. 
No candidate for delegate or alternate may be listed on the ballot unless 
such candidate was properly selected according to the rules of his 
political party relating to the nomination of candidates for delegate 
or alternate. 
"(4) The Board shall (A) arrange the ballot for the presidential 
preference primary so as to enable each voter to indicate his choice for 
presidential nominee and for the slate of delegates and alternates 
pledged to support that prospective nominee with one mark, and pro-
vide an alternative to vote for individual delegates or uncommitted 
slates of delegates, and (B) clearly indicate on the ballot the candi-
date for nomination for President which a slate or candidate for dele-
gate supports. 
"(5) The delegates and alternates, of each political party within 
the District of Columbia to the national convention of that party con-
vened for the nomination of the candidate of that political party for 
President, elected in accordance with this Act, shall only be obligated 
to vote for the candidate for nomination who received at least a plu-
rality of the votes cast in the presidential preference primary for 
all such candidates of that party for President held in the District 
of Columbia at which such delegates were elected on the first and 
second ballots cast at that convention for nominees for President, or 
until such time as such candidate receiving a plurality of such vote 
cast in the presidential preference primary withdraws his candidacy, 
whichever occurs first. 
Regulation. 
"(g) The Board shall by regulation specify such additional details 
as may be necessary and proper to effectuate the purposes and pro-
visions of this subsection." 
(8) Clause (2) of subsection (b) of section 7 of such Act (D.C. 
Code, sec. 1-1107) is amended by striking out "section 2(2)" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "paragraphs (2) and (T) of section 2 of this 
Ante, p. 788. 
\ e t " 
National com- 
(Q) Subscctiou (a) of scctiou 8 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1-1108), 
d'atet^^^inrt'ion'. IS amended to read as follows: 
69'stat. 701; 
"(a) (1) Each candidate for election to the office of national com-
84 Stat! 853' 854. mittceman or alternate, or national oommitteewoman or alternate, 
and for election as a member or official designated for election at large 
under clause (4) of the first section of this Act, shall be a qualified 
elector registered under section 7 of this Act who has been nominated 
for such office, or for election as such member or official, by a nominat-
ing petition (A) prepared in accordance with the rules prescribed by 
the Board, (B) signed by not less than five hundred qualified electors 
registered under such section 7 of this Act, who are of the same politi-
cal party as the candidate, and (C) filed with the Board not later than 
the forty-fifth day before the date of the election held for such office, 
member, or official. 
"(2) In the case of a nominating petition for a candidate for elec-
tion as a member or official designated for election from a ward under 
clause (4) of such first section, such petition shall be prepared and 
filed in the same manner as a petition prepared and filed by a candi-
date under paragraph (1) of this subsection and signed by one hundred 
qualified electors residing in such ward, registered under section 7 of 
this Act, who are of the same political party as the candidate." 
(10) Subsection (b) of section 8 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 
1-1108), is amended by striking out "three-year" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "ninety-day". 
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75 Stat. 818. 
82 Stat. 103. 
D.C. Code 1-
General elec-
tion, direct nomi-
nation. 
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(11) Subsection (i) of section 8 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. ^Delegate pri-
1-1108), is amended to read as follows: 
84 statT 849!°"* 
"(i) Each candidate in a primary election for the office of Delegate 
shall be nominated for such office by a nominating petition (1) filed 
with the Board not later than the forty-fifth day before the date of such 
primary election; (2) signed by qualified electors registered under- sec-
tion 7 of this Act, who are of the same political party as the candidate. 
^9 stat. 700; 
and equal m number- to 1 per centum of the total number of such elector's 
in the District of Columbia, as shown by the records of the Board as 1107. 
of the ninety-ninth day before the date of such primary election, or- by 
two thousand of such qualified electors, whichever is less. A nominating 
petition for a candidate in a primary election for the office of Delegate 
may not be circulated for signature before the ninety-ninth day pre-
ceding the date of such election and may not be filed with the Boar-d 
before the seventieth day preceding such date. The Board may pre-
scribe rules with respect to the preparation and presentation of nomi-
nating petitions. The Board shall ar-range the ballot of each political 
13arty in each such primary election so as to enable a voter of such party 
to vote for any one duly nominated candidate of that par-ty for- the office 
of Delegate." 
(12) Subsection (j) of section 8 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1-1108), 
is amended to read as follows: 
"(j) (1) A duly qualified candidate for the office of Delegate may, 
subject to the provisions of this subsection, be nominated directly as 
such a candidate for election in the next succeeding general election 
for such office (including any such election to be held to fill a vacancy). 
Such person shall be nominated by a nominating petition (A) filed 
with the Board not less than the forty-fifth day before the date of 
such general election; and (B) signed by qualified electors registered 
under section 7 of this Act equal in number to 11/^ per centum of the 
total number of such qualified electors in the District, as shown by 
the records of the Board as of the ninety-ninth day befor-e the date of 
such election, or by three thousand of such qualified electors, which-
ever is less. A nominating petition for such a candidate for the office of 
Delegate may not be circulated for signature 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 
such nominating petitions. 
''(2) Nominations under this subsection for candidates for election 
in a general election for the office of Delegate shall be of no force and 
effect with respect to any person whose name has appeared on the 
ballot of a primary election for such office held within eight months 
before the date of such general election." 
(13) Subsection (m) of section 8 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 
1-1108) is amended to read as follows: 
*' (m) (1) Designation of offices of local party committees to be filled 
by election pursuant to clause (4) of the first section of this Act shall 
be effected, in accordance with the provision of this subsection, by 
written communication signed by the chairman of such committee and 
filed with the Board not later than ninety days before the date of such 
election. 
''(2) Such designation shall specify separately (A) the titles of the 
offices and the total number of members to be elected at large, if any, 
and (B) the title of the offices and the total number of members to be 
elected by ward, if any. 
"(3) In the event that a party committee designates members to be 
elected by ward pursuant to clause (B) of paragraph (2) this sub-
section, the number of such officials to be elected from each of the 
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82 Stat. 104; 
84 Stat. 849. 
69 Stat. 700; 
82 Stat. 103. 
D.C. Code 1-
1107. 
Rules. 
Repeal. 
84 Stat. 850. 
Poll watchers. 
84 Stat. 854. 
Rules and 
regulations. 
Election date. 
Ante, p. 788. 
Ante, p. 789. 
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 propor-
tions, 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. 1-
1108), 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 elec-
tion, 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 reg-
istered 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 peti-
tions. In a general election for members of the Board of Education, the 
Board shall arrange the ballot for each ward to enable a voter regis-
tered 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 candi-
dates 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 author-
izing 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 formu-
late 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 can-
didates 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 pur-
suant 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 Mon-
day in May of each presidential election year." 
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(19) Section iq(a)(7)(A) of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1-1110), 
f^sS'ios; 
is amended by striking out "a majority'' and inserting in lieu thereof 84 stat. sso. 
"at least 40 per centum". 
(20) Section 10(a)(7)(B) of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1-1110), 
is amended by striking out "a majority" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"at least 40 per centum"'. 
(21) The first sentence of paragraph (8) of subsection (a) of sec-
tion 10 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1-1110), is amended by striking 
out "less than a majority''. 
(22) Subsection (a) of section 11 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 
Recounts. 
1-1111), is amended by inserting immediately before the last sentence 
^^ stat. 703. 
thereof, the following new sentence: "In no case, however, shall the 
petitioner be required to pay the cost of any recount in any such elec-
tion if the difference in the number of votes received by the petitioner 
in connection with any office and the number of votes received by the 
person certified" as having been elected to that office, in the case of an 
election from a ward, is less than 1 per centum or fifty votes, which-
ever is less, or in the case of an election at large, is less than 1 per 
centum or three hundred and fifty votes, whichever is less." 
(23) Subsection (b) of section 13 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 
1-1113), is amended by striking out "or delegate" and inserting in 
84 stat. sss. 
lieu thereof "delegate, or alternate". 
(24) Subsection (d) of section 13 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 
1-1113), is amended by striking out "or delegate" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "delegate, or alternate". 
(25) Subsection (e) of section 13 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. Election ex-
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pense statements, 
1-1113), is amended to read as follows: 
"(e)(1) Every independent committee or party committee which 
receives or expends funds on behalf of any candidate or group of can-
didates in an election for any office referred to in the first section of 
this Act, or in a primary election held under section 5(b) of this Act, 73^"'^' ^^' ^^^' 
shall have a chairman and a treasurer and shall maintain an address in 
the District of Columbia where notices may be sent. Each such com-
mittee shall register with the Board of Elections as soon as its receipts 
or expenditures, or the sum of its receipts and expenditures total $100, 
or within ten days after its organization, whichever first occurs. 
"(2) In any election held in the District of Columbia with respect 
to any office referred to in the first section of this Act, or with respect 
to a primary election held under section 5(b) of this Act, each can-
didate for election, and the treasurer of each independent or party 
committee, shall file with the Board of Elections on the fifth calendar 
day before, and also within thirty days after, the date on which such 
primary or general election was held, an itemized statement, complete 
as of the day next preceding the date of filing, setting forth— 
"(A) The name and address of each person who has made a 
contribution to or for such committee in one or more items of the 
aggregate amount or value, within the calendar year, of $100 or 
more, together with the amount and date of such contribution; 
"(B) The total sum of the contributions made to or for such 
committee during the calendar year and not stated under sub-
paragraph (A); 
"(C) The total sum of all contributions made to or for such 
committee during the calendar year ; 
"(D) The name and address of each person to whom an expend-
iture in one or more items of the aggregate amount or value, 
within the calendar year, of $10 or more has been made by or on 
behalf of such committee, and the amount, date, and purpose of 
such expenditure; 
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"(E) The total sum of all expenditures made by or ou behalf 
of such committee during the calendar year and not stated under 
subparagraph ( D ) ; 
"(F) The total sum of expenditures made by or on behalf of 
such committee during the calendar year. 
"(3) The statements required to be filed by paragraph (2) of this 
subsection shall be cumulative during the calendar year to which they 
relate, but where there has been no change in an item reported in a 
previous statement only the amount need be carried forward. 
"(4) Every person (other than a political committee) who makes 
an expenditure in one or more items, other than by contribution to a 
political committee, aggregating $50 or more within a calendar year 
for the purpose of influencing any general or primary election held 
under this Act, shall file with the Board an itemized detailed state-
ment of such expenditure in the same manner as required of the 
treasurer of a political committee by paragraph (2) of this subsection. 
"(5) It shall be the duty of the treasurer of a political committee 
to keep a detailed and exact account of— 
" (1) All contributions made to or for such committee; 
"(2) The name and address of every person making any such 
contribution, and the date thereof; 
" (3) All expenditures made by or on behalf of such committee; 
and 
" (4) The name and address of every person to whom any such 
expenditure is made, and the date thereof. 
"(6) It shall be the duty of the treasurer to obtain and keep a 
receipted bill, stating the particulars, for every expenditure by or on 
behalf of a political committee exceeding $10 in amount. The treasurer 
shall preserve all receipted bills and accounts required to be kept by 
this section for a period of at least two years from the date of the 
filing of the statement containing such items. 
"(7) Every person who receives a contribution for a political com-
mittee shall, on demand of the treasurer, and in any event within five 
days after the receipt of such contribution, render to the treasurer a 
detailed account thereof, including the name and address of the person 
making such contribution, and the date on which received. 
Penalty. 
"(8) Any Candidate, treasurer of any independent committee, or 
party committee, or other person who willfully violates this subsection 
shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned for not more than 
30 days, or both.". 
com°^"^ al"n^'^' 
(26) Subsectiou (b) of section 4 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 
''°8Ts"at?8°54*. 
1-1104) is amended by striking "$50 per day, with a limit of $2500 
per annum" and inserting "$75 per day with a limit of $11,250 per 
annum" in lieu thereof. 
Ante, p . 793. 
(27) Sectlou 13 of such Act (as amended by paragraph (25) of 
this Act) is amended by adding after subsection (e) the following 
new subsection: 
"(f)(1) Subsection (e) of this section shall not require— 
"(A) registration under subsection (e)(1) of any independent 
committee or party committee which is registered as a political 
committee under section 303 of the Federal Election Campaign 
rulc"43^3'; 
Act of 1971, 
"(B) filing of any statement under paragraph (2) of such sub-
section (e) with respect to an election for Federal office by a can-
didate or committee required to file a report with respect to such 
election under section 304 of the Fedeial Election Campaign Act 
of 1971, or 
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"(C) the filing of any statement under paragraph (4) of such 
subsection (e) with respect to any election for Federal office by any 
person required to file a report with respect to such election under 
section 305 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971. 
"(2) Paragraphs (5), (6), and (7) of subsection (e) of this section 
shall not apply to any committee which is not required to register under 
subsection (e)(1) of this section. 
"(3) For purposes of this subsection, the terms 'election' and 'Fed-
eral office' have the same meaning as such terms have under section 301 
of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971. 
"(4) This subsection shall take effect on the date on which title I I I 
of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 takes effect." 
(28) Paragraph (6) of subsection (a) of section 5 of such Act (D.C. 
Code, sec. 1-1105) is amended by striking out "paragraphs (1), (2), 
(3), or (4)" and by inserting in lieu thereof "paragraph (1), (2), or 
(3)". 
(29) Subsection (d) of section 5 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1-1105) 
is amended by striking "persons not absent from the District but who 
are physically unable" and inserting "either persons temporarily 
absent from the District or persons physically unable" in lieu thereof. 
(30) Subsection (a) of section 7 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1-1107) 
is amended by striking in the second sentence "person" and inserting 
"qualified elector". 
(31) Paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of section 7 of such Act 
(D.C. Code, sec. 1-1107) is amended (A) by striking from clause (A) 
the words "odd-numbered calendar year and of each presidential elec-
tion year" and inserting "calendar year" in lieu thereof, and (B) by 
striking from clause (B) the words "presidential election" and insert-
ing "even-numbered" in lieu thereof, and (C) by inserting in clause 
(C), after the word "special", the words, "or runoff". 
(32) Subsection (c) of section 8 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1-1108) 
is amended to read as follows: 
"(c) (1) In each election of officials referred to in clause (1) of the 
first section of this Act, and in each election of officials designated for 
election at large pursuant to clause (4) of such section, the Board shall 
arrange the ballot of each party to enable the registered voters of such 
party to vote separately or by slate for each official duly qualified and 
nominated for election to such office. 
"(2) In each election of officials designated, pursuant to clause (4) 
of the first section of this Act, for election from a ward, the Board shall 
arrange the ballot of each party to enable the registered voters of 
such party, residing in such ward, to vote separately or by slate for 
each official duly qualified and nominated from such ward for election 
to such office from such w^ard." 
(33) Subsection (f) of section 8 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 
1-1108) is amended by striking out "August 15" and inserting "the 
third Tuesday in August" in lieu thereof. 
(34) Paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (n) of section 8 of such 
Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1-1108) are each amended by striking out "quali-
fied electors" and inserting "duly registered voters" in lieu thereof. 
SEC. 2. Section 302(i) of the Federal Corrupt Practices Act, 1925 
(2 U.S.C. 241 (i)) is amended by inserting immediately before the 
period at the end thereof a comma and the following: "and the Dis-
trict of Columbia". 
SEC. 3. Paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subsection (c) of section 2 
of the Act entitled "An Act to fix and regulate the salaries of teachers, 
school officers, and other employees of the Board of Education of the 
District of Columbia", approved June 20, 1906 (D.C. Code, sec. 31-
101 (c)), are amended to read as follows: 
Ante, 
p . 793. 
Definitions, 
Effective date. 
75 Stat. 817. 
Ante, 
p. 789, 
Registration. 
82 Stat. 103. 
Ballot arrange-
ment. 
69 Stat. 701; 
84 Stat. 854. 
75 Stat. 818. 
82 Stat. 104; 
54 Stat. 849. 
Definitions. 
43 Stat. 1070. 
Qualifications. 
82 Stat. 101. 
796 
PUBLIC LAW 92-221-DEC. 23, 1971 
[85 STAT. 
Ante, p. 788. 
Effective date. 
"(1) Each member of the Board of Education elected from a ward 
shall at the time of his nomination (A) be a qualified elector (as that 
term is defined in section 2 of the District of Columbia Election Act) 
in the school election ward from which he seeks election, (B) have, 
for the ninety-day period immediately preceding his nomination, 
resided in the school election ward from which he is nominated, and 
(C) have, during the ninety-day period next preceding his nomina-
tion, been an actual resident of the District of Columbia and have 
during such period claimed residence nowhere else. A member shall 
forfeit his office upon failure to maintain the qualifications required 
by this paragraph. 
"(2) Each member of the Board of Education elected at large shall 
at the time of his nomination (A) be a qualified elector (as that term 
is defined in section 2 of the District of Columbia Election Act) in the 
District of Columbia, and (B) have, during the ninety-day period 
next preceding his nomination, been an actual resident of the District 
of Columbia and have during such period claimed residence nowhere 
else. A member shall forfeit his office upon failure to maintain the 
qualifications required by this paragraph. 
•'(3) No individual may hold the office of member of the Board of 
Education and (A) hold another elective office other than delegate 
or alternate delegate to a convention of a political party nominating 
candidates for President and Vice President of the United States, or 
(B) also be an officer or employee of the District of Columbia gov-
ernment or of the Board of Education. A member will forfeit his 
office upon failure to maintain the qualifications required by this 
paragraph."'. 
SEC. 4. The provisions of this Act and the amendments made thereby 
shall take effect as of January 1,1972. 
Approved December 23, 1971. 
December 23, 1971 
[H. R. 9961] 
Public Law 92-221 
AN ACT 
To provide Federal credit unions witli two additional years to meet the require-
ments for insurance, and for other purposes. 
Federal Credit 
Union Act, 
amendments. 
84 Stat. 994. 
Temporary 
insurance. 
84 Stat. 1017. 
12 u s e 1762. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Re'presentatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. (a) Paragraph (2) of subsection (c) of section 201 of 
the Federal Credit Union Act (12 U.S.C. 1781(c) (2)) is amended by 
striking out "reject" and inserting in lieu thereof "disapprove". 
(b) Subsection (d) of such section 201 (12 U.S.C. 1781(d)) is 
amended to read as follows: 
"(d) In the case of any Federal credit union whose application for 
insurance is disapproved, if such Federal credit union has annually 
transferred such a percentage of its gross income to its reserves as is 
required under section 116(a) and notwithstanding any reserving 
requirements established under section 116(b) of this Act, the 
Administrator shall nonetheless issue to such Federal credit union a 
certificate of insurance which shall be valid for a period of two years. 
The Administrator shall suspend or revoke the charter of any Federal 
credit union which has failed, upon the expiration of such two-year 
period of insurance, to file an application for insurance which is 
approved by the Administrator in accordance with subsection (c). A 
Federal credit union which is insured under this subsection for a