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District of Columbia Voting Rules for Boards and Members

What District of Columbia's statutes say about board votes, emergencies, meetings, and member ballots, as Qwibie summarizes them, with the citation for each.

Can the Board Vote without a Meeting?

Nonprofit corporations

In the District of Columbia a nonprofit board may act without a meeting if every director signs a consent in a record, unless the articles or bylaws require a meeting. A director may revoke until all consents are in.

Qwibie counts the vote as: Every director consents in writing.

  • File consent with minutes
  • Consent revocable until last delivered
Citation
D.C. Code §29-406.21 · Read the source
Review
ReviewedSummary recorded as reviewed against the statute text, 2026-11-12

Companies

A District of Columbia business corporation's board may act without a meeting if every director signs a consent in a record, unless the articles or bylaws require a meeting.

Qwibie counts the vote as: Every director consents in writing.

  • File consent with minutes
  • Consent revocable until last delivered
Citation
D.C. Code §29-306.21 · Read the source
Review
ReviewedSummary recorded as reviewed against the statute text, 2026-11-12

What about an Emergency between Meetings?

Nonprofit corporations

In the District of Columbia a nonprofit board may act without a meeting if every director signs a consent in a record, unless the articles or bylaws require a meeting. A director may revoke until all consents are in.

Qwibie counts the vote as: Every director consents in writing.

  • File consent with minutes
  • Consent revocable until last delivered
Citation
D.C. Code §29-406.21 · Read the source
Review
ReviewedSummary recorded as reviewed against the statute text, 2026-11-12

Companies

A District of Columbia business corporation's board may act without a meeting if every director signs a consent in a record, unless the articles or bylaws require a meeting.

Qwibie counts the vote as: Every director consents in writing.

  • File consent with minutes
  • Consent revocable until last delivered
Citation
D.C. Code §29-306.21 · Read the source
Review
ReviewedSummary recorded as reviewed against the statute text, 2026-11-12

Can Members Vote by Ballot without a Meeting?

Nonprofit corporations

District of Columbia nonprofit members may act without a meeting if every member entitled to vote consents in a record, unless the articles or bylaws provide otherwise; consents must arrive within 60 days of the first one.

Qwibie asks for the steps below before the vote counts.

  • Unanimous member consent
Citation
D.C. Code §29-405.04 · Read the source
Review
ReviewedSummary recorded as reviewed against the statute text, 2026-11-12

Not legal advice

These are Qwibie's own summaries, not the law, and they don't say what the law is today. Open the source to read the text, and ask your attorney how it applies to your organization. Your articles and bylaws may set a different rule where the statute allows it.

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