Board of Elections Certification of ANC Vacancies Amendment Act of 2025

From the Legislature

As introduced, Bill 26-465 would require the Board of Elections to oversee the filling of a vacancy in an Advisory Neighborhood Commission and clarify when the Board shall deem a vacancy to have occurred. It would prohibit the circulator of a candidate petition form from altering signer information. It would require the Board to publish a list of candidates who qualify to fill a vacancy. The Board must issue a final determination of vacancy upon review of a request by the Advisory Neighborhood Commission or Office of Advisory Neighborhood Commissions that a vacancy exists or that a Commissioner no longer meets the qualifications for office. Among other things, it would require the Board of Elections to oversee the filling of vacancies in Advisory Neighborhood Commissions.