Early Voting Opens for D.C. Elections

On your mark, get set, vote!

Beginning Saturday, District residents can participate in early voting in the elections. Registered voters will weigh in on a variety of measures from the new Mayor of D.C. to marijuana legalization.

There are nine locations that will be available for early voters:

• Chevy Chase Community Center, 5601 Connecticut Avenue NW Ward 3
• Columbia Heights Community Center, 1480 Girard Street NW Ward 1
• Dorothy I Height-Benning Library, 3935 Benning Road NE Ward 7
• King Greenleaf Recreation Center, 201 N Street SW Ward 6
• Malcolm X Elementary School, 1351 Alabama Avenue SE Ward 8
• One Judiciary Square, 441 4th Street NW Ward 2
• Sherwood Recreation Center, 640 10th Street NE Ward 6
• Takoma Park Recreation Center, 300 Van Buren Street NW Ward 4
• Turkey Thicket Recreation Center, 1100 Michigan Avenue NE Ward 5

All locations will be open 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. every day, except Sundays, through Nov. 1.

Voters will cast ballots to elect offices and other measures including:

• Delegate to the US House of Representatives
• Mayor of D.C.
• Chairman of the D.C. Council
• At-Large Member of the D.C. Council
• Ward 1, 3, 5, and 6 Members of the D.C. Council
• Attorney General for D.C.
• U.S. (“Shadow”) Representative
• U.S. (“Shadow”) Senator
• Ward 1, 3, 5, and 6 Members of the State Board of Education
• Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner Offices
• Initiative 71 - “Legalization of Possession of Minimal Amounts of Marijuana for Personal Use Act of 2014”

For more information visit the D.C. Board of Elections.

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