A bill to amend the District of Columbia Election Act regarding the times for filing certain petitions, regulating the primary election for Delegate from the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.
PL 93-92 (H.R.6713), enacted 08/14/1973

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Overtime or 
temporary posi-
tions, cost limi-
tation. 
Travel expend-
SEC. 14. Not to exceed 4i^ per centum of the total of all funds appro-
priated by this Act for personal compensation (except temporary 
positions provided for the Department of Corrections in this Act) 
may be used to pay the cost of overtime or temporary positions. 
SEC. 15. The total expenditure of funds appropriated by this Act for 
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authorized travel and per diem costs outsidle the District of Columbia, iture, limitation 
Maryland, and Virginia shall not exceed $210,000. 
SEC. 16. Appropriations in this Act shall not be available, during 
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, for the compensation of any 
person appointed— 
(1) as a full-time employee to a permanent, authorized position 
in the government of the District of Columbia during any month 
when the number of such employees is greater than 39,619; or 
(2) as a temporary or part-time employee in the government of 
the District of Columbia during anv month in which the number 
of such employees exceeds the number of such employees for the 
same month of the preceding fiscal year, except temporary 
employees provided for the Department of Corrections in this Act. 
SEC. 17. No funds appropriated herein for the government of the 
District of Columbia for the operation of educational institutions, the 
compensation of personnel, or for other educational purposes maj^ be 
used to permit, encourage, facilitate, or further partisan political 
activities. Nothing herein is intended to prohibit the availability of 
school buildings for the use of any community group during nonschool 
hours. 
SEC. 18. Appropriations in this Act shall be available for services 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
This Act may be cited as the "District of Columbia Appropriation 
Act of 1974". 
Approved August 14, 1973. 
80 Stat. 416. 
Short title. 
Public Law 93-92 
AN ACT 
August 14, 1973 
To amend the District of Columbia Election Act regarding the times for 
filing 
[H. R. 6713] 
certain petitions, regulating the primary election for Delegate from the 
District of Columbia, and for other purposes. 
District of 
Columbia Election 
Act, amendments. 
75 Stat. 82 0; 
85 Stat. 788. 
Regulations. 
69 Stat. 700; 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the District 
of Columbia Election Act (D.C. Code, sees. 1-1101—1-1115) is 
amended as follows: 
(1) Clause (A) of paragraph (2) of section 2 of such Act (D.C. 
Code, sec. 1-1102) is amended to read as follows: "(A) who resides 
or is domiciled in the District and who does not claim voting residence 
or right to vote in any State or territory;". 
(2) Subsection (a) of section 5 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1-1105) 
is amended by (A) striking out "and" at the end of paragraph (7), 75°statr'8i7 
(B) redesignating paragraph (8) as paragraph (9), and (C) inserting 
immediately after paragraph (7) the followmg: 
"(8) prescribe such regulations as it considers necessary in 
order to carry out the purposes of this Act; and". 
(3) Paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of section 5 of such Act (D.C. 
Code, sec. 1-1105) is amended by striking out "after the first Monday". 
(4) Paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (b) of section 5 of such 
Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1-1105) are each amended by strikin^g out "forty-
five" wherever is appears and inserting in lieu thereof "sixty". 
85 Stat. 789. 
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(5) Paragraph (6) of subsection (b) of section 5 of such Act (D.C. 
85 Stat. 789. 
Qode, spc 1-1105) is repealed. 
69 Stat. 700; 
^ (g) Subsectiou (d) of section 5 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1-1105) 
85 Stat. 789. 
-^ g^j^gj^^jg^j ^Q j-g^d as follows: 
"(d) The Board may permit either persons temporarily absent from 
the District or persons physically unable to appear personally at an 
official registration place to register for the purpose of voting in any 
election held under this Act." 
_^voiunteer serv- 
(7) Scctlou 5 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1-1105) is amended by 
inserting at the end of that section the following: 
" (f) Notwithstanding the provisions of the fourth paragraph under 
the section headed 'Militia' of the Act of July 7, 1898 (relating to 
30 Stat. 666. 
appropriations) (D.C. Code, sec. 1-215), the Board may accept vol-
unteer services for the purposes of voter education and registration." 
muteeman'caTdi. 
(8) Paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of section 8 of such Act (D.C. 
date, nomination. Codc, scc. 1-1108) is amended to read as follows: 
85 Stat. 790. 
«^^^ ^-j^^ Each candidate for election to the office of national commit-
teeman or alternate, or national committeewoman 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 nomi-
nating petition (A) signed by not less than five hundred qualified 
electors registered under such section 7, who are of the same political 
party as the candidate, and (B) filed with the Board not later than 
the sixtieth day before the date of the election held for such office, 
member, or official." 
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5 Stat. 818. 
(9) Subscction (f) of section 8 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1-1108) 
is amended by striking out "5 per centum" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"1 per centum". 
85 Stat. 791. 
(10) Subsectlou (1) of scctiou 8 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1-1108) 
is amended (A) by striking out "forty-fifth" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "sixtieth", (B) by striking out "ninety-ninth", "ninety-ninth", 
and "seventieth", respectively, and by inserting in lieu thereof "one 
hundred fourteenth", "one hundred fourteenth", and ''eighty-fifth*', 
respectively, and (C) by striking out "The Board may prescribe rules 
with respect to the preparation and presentation of nominating 
petitions.". 
(11) Paragraph (1) of subsection (j) of section 8 of such Act (D.C. 
Code, sec. 1-1108) is amended (A) by striking out in clause (A) 
"forty-fifth", and inserting in lieu thereof "sixtieth", (B) by striking 
out "ninety-ninth", "ninety-ninth", and "seventieth",.respectively, and 
by inserting in lieu thereof "one hundred fourteenth", "one hundred 
fourteenth", and "eighty-fifth", respectively, and (C) by striking out 
"The Board may prescribe rules with respect to the preparation and 
[)resentation of such nominating petitions.". 
(12) Paragraph (3) of subsection (m) of section 8 of such Act 
(D.C. Code, sec. 1-1108) is amended by striking out "The Board shall 
by regulation specify such additional details as may be necessary and 
proper to effectuate the purpose of this subsection.". 
(13) Subsection (o) of section 8 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 
1-1108) is amended (A) by striking out in clause (A) "forty-fifth", 
and by inserting in lieu thereof "sixtieth", (B) by striking out "ninety-
ninth" and "seventieth", respectively, and by inserting in lieu thereof 
"one hundred fourteenth" and "eighty-fifth", respectively, and (C) by 
striking out "The Board may prescribe rules with respect to the pi'ep-
aration and presentation of nominating petitions.". 
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(14) Paragraph (1) of subsection (p) of section 8 of such Act 
(D.C. Code, sec. 1-1108) is amended by striking out "forty-second day 8/stat^849°^' 
before the date of the election" and by inserting in lieu thereof "third 
day after the filing deadline for nominating petitions". 
(15) Subsection (e) of section 9 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1-1109) 
69 stat. 702.. 
is amended by striking out "seven" and by inserting in lieu thereof 
"ten". 
(16) Paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of section 10 of such Act 
(D.C. Code, sec. 1-1110) is amended by striking out "after the first ^s stat. 792. 
Monday". 
(17) Paragraph (4) of subsection (a) of section 10 of such A(;t 
Runoff eiec-
(D.C. Code, sec. 1-1110) is amended to read as follows: 
^sTstat. sso. 
"(4) Runoff elections shall be held whenever, in any primary elec-
tion of a political party for candidates for the office of Delegate, no 
candidate receives at least 40 per centum of the total votes cast in that 
election for all candidates of that party for that office. Any such runoff' 
election shall be held not less than two weeks nor more than six weeks 
after the date on which the Board has determined the results of the 
preceding primary. At the time of announcing any such determination, 
the Board shall establish and announce the date on which the runoff' 
election will be held, if one is required. The candidates in any such 
i-unoff election shall be the two persons who received, respectively, the 
two highest numbers of votes in such preceding primary ; except that if 
any person withdraws his candidacy from such runoff election, the 
person who received the next highest number of votes in such preceding 
primary and who is not already a candidate in the runoff election shall 
automatically become such a candidate." 
(18) Subsection (b) of section 10 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 
1-1110) is amended by striking out "8 o'clock antemeridian" and by 
82 stat. 106; 
insertinPT in lieu thereof "7 o'clock antemeridian". 
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(19) Subsection (e) of section 10 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 
1-1110) is amended by striking out "ninety-nine" and inserting in 
lieu thereof "one hundred fourteen". 
(20) Subsection (a) of section 11 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 
1-1111) is amended by striking out "Such recounts shall be conducted 
in the manner prescribed by the Board by regulation.". 
SEC. 2. The Act entitled "An Act to fix and regulate the salaries of 
teachers, school officers, and other employees of the Board of Educa-
tion of the District of Columbia", approved June 20,1906 (D.C. Code, 
sec. 31-101 et seq.) is amended as follows: 
82 stat. 101, 
(1) Paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of section 2 of such Act 
Term o
f office. 
(D.C. Code, sec. 31-101) is amended to read as follows: 
"(b)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (3) of this subsection 
and section 10(e) of the District of Columbia Election Act, the term 
Supra. 
of office of a member of the Board of Education shall be four years.". 
(2) Paragraph (3) of subsection (b) of section 2 of such Act (D.C. 
Code, sec. 31-101) is amended by adding at the end thereof the follow-
ing new sentence: "However, the term of office of a member of the 
Board of Education elected in the general election for member of the 
Board of Education to be held in 1973 and thereafter shall expire at 
noon of the thirtieth day after the Board of Elections certifies the 
results of the election, including any runoff election, for members of 
the Board of Education in the fourth year of such member's term. The 
term of a member of the Board of Education elected in the general 
election to be held in 1977 and thereafter shall begin immediately upon 
the expiration of the term preceding it." 
SEC. 3. The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on and 
Effective date. 
after the date of enactment of this Act. 
Approved August 14, 1973. 
69 Stat. 703 
85 Stat. 793. 
D.C. Board 
Education.