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We’re midway through the summer but that doesn’t mean it’s too early to start thinking about the fall voting season. Why? Because the first deadline for voter registration is less than one month away.
A few highlights for our area…
* There is a new voting precinct and polling location for the Ward 6 slice of the neighborhood
* A neighborhood resident is running for Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner in ANC 2C – Jessica Lanza
* A near downtown resident is running for Ward 2 Councilmember – Cary Silverman
Deadlines and contact information follow the break…
Congressional and Council Primary Election
August 11 – registration deadline
September 9 – Primary Election Day (polls are open from 7 am to 8 pm)
Note: The primary is a closed primary. You must be registered with one of three official parties to vote in the primary and you can’t change your affiliation on Election Day. Your party affilliation must be registered by August 11.
Presidential and General Election
October 6 – registration deadline
November 4 – General Election Day (polls are open from 7 am to 8 pm)
Contact the DC Board of Elections and Ethics to register. Get out and vote!
DC Board of Elections and Ethics
441 4th Street, NW, Suite 250 North
Washington, DC 20001
(202) 727-2525
www.dcboee.org
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Comments
Registering to vote and voting in the ANC elections is the single easiest and most important thing that you can do to support many of the community oriented issues that are frequently discussed on this blog.
The ANC elections have such a small votership (is that a word?) that your vote truly does matter.
I won’t bore the group with the sordid history of our ANC, but as an example, in the 2006 election Kevin Chappel beat out Leroy Thorpe by only 5 votes and the total vote count was 272 – 267. (http://www.dcboee.org/nws/news_frame.asp?filename=nr_92.pdf&mid=11&yid=2006&type=News%20Releases&hl=t)
Unfortunately, Doris Brooks beat out John Tinpe 315 votes to 131 votes. This voting total implies voter turnout of about 20%. (roughly 2,000 voters per ANC rep). Jessica Lanza is running against Doris Brooks this year. I am sure that simply the people who read this blog are enough to swing an election with just a few hundred votes cast.
(And for the record, I am not affiliated with any of the campaigns. I met Jessica for the first time recently.)
Please register, your vote does count!
By simply registering you are affecting your daily quality of life in downtown/pq.
Here’s why:
City councilmembers know the registration numbers for each precinct. If we want more influence with the Council we must increase our numbers downtown.
Agree with #2 about Jessica.
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This year’s election is going to be AWESOME!!! vote vote vote!!!