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If you’re registered in DC and can’t make it to the polls in person on November 4, today is the first day you can cast your absentee ballot in person or by mail. Check out this press release at DC’s Board of Elections and Ethics web site to learn more. The Board’s office is conveniently located in the eastern portion of our neighborhood near Judiciary Square at 441 4th Street NW. Mail-in ballots are due by October 28 and walk-ins by November 3. WaPo adds some extra details and interviews.
DC Board of Elections and Ethics
441 4th Street, NW, Suite 250 North
Washington, DC 20001
Tel: (202) 727-2525 | TTY: (202) 639-8916 | Tollfree: 1-866-DC-VOTES
www.dcboee.org
To reflect the election season upon us, we updated our poll in the right column to see if you’ll be voting in DC. Register your preference and check back regularly to see the results for the community!
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441 4th Street is also One Judiciary Square. It is not easy to find the official address on the building. I voted on Monday around 10:30. About 25 people ahead of me. When I got to the head of the line there were about 35 behind me. The line didn’t move very quickly because they only had two machines available for electronic voting. ID is needed to enter the building but not to vote. You do have to complete a request form that is then matched against voter registration records.
more discussion about this over at ANC 2C02 Commissioner Kevin Chapple’s blog:
http://chappleanc.com/public/index.php/2008/10/20/hope_all_you_want_dcboee_voting_problems
Thanks RES. I agree this office is hard to find, even with the address.
Most states and localities don’t check IDs at polling places. That’s not to say DC couldn’t enact it’s own laws, but generally its been practice in the U.S. to expand voting opportunities by removing restrictions, even standard ones like showing ID. Early voting and expansion of voting hours on election day are other tactics states have tried.
Also, ACORN was accused of voter registration fraud, not election fraud.
I went today and can confirm that they are not checking IDs. It also seems to be pretty popular; I had to wait an hour to vote. I hear the only time there is not an hour wait is at 8:30 am before it officially opens.
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I hear they are not checking ID for those voting early. Is DCBOEE a branch of ACORN? How do you hold a legitimate election without checking voters’ IDs?