When OPM determines that, because of special or unusual circumstances, it is in the domestic interest of employees to participate in local elections, OPM may specify as a designated locality:
The District of Columbia,
A municipality or political subdivision in Maryland or Virginia and in the immediate vicinity of the District of Columbia, or
A municipality in which the majority of voters are employed by the Government of the United States.
Information as to the documentation required to support a request for designation is furnished by the General Counsel of OPM on request.
The following municipalities and political subdivisions have been designated, effective on the day specified: