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The District of Columbia (a political division coterminous with Washington, D.C.) holds general elections every two years to fill various D.C. government offices, including mayor, attorney general, members of the D.C. Council, members of the D.C. State Board of Education, and members of its Advisory Neighborhood Commissions.
This will be the first election that will allow for non-citizens to vote for DC council members after a law enacted in early 2023. [3] [4] While non-citizens are explicitly forbidden from participating in federal elections such as for U.S. President and the U.S. House of Representatives, some municipalities allow them to vote in local elections ...
Initiative 82, officially presented as the "District of Columbia Tip Credit Elimination Act of 2021," had the following description on ballots: Under current law, employers of employees classified as "tipped workers" may take a credit against tipped wages received by workers to satisfy the minimum wage guaranteed to all workers by law.
Janeese Lewis George defeated a pair of challengers in Tuesday’s Democratic primary and will head into November’s general election as a heavy favorite to retain her Ward 4 seat on the D.C ...
In the 2000 presidential election, Barbara Lett-Simmons, an elector from the district, left her ballot blank to protest its lack of voting representation in Congress. As a result, Al Gore received only two of the three electoral votes from Washington, D.C. [ 4 ] In 2016, 85.7% of the registered voters approved a statehood referendum . [ 5 ]
U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Wisconsin, has an issue with a recent law change for voting in local Washington, D.C. elections. His statement is "mostly true."
The Council of the District of Columbia (or simply D.C. Council) is the legislative branch of the government of the District of Columbia. As permitted in the United States Constitution, the district is not part of any U.S. state and is overseen directly by the federal government.
2022 Council of the District of Columbia Ward 3 election Party Candidate Votes % Democratic: Matthew Frumin: 22,962 : 75.9% : Republican: David Krucoff 6,853 22.7% Libertarian: Adrian Salsgiver 327 1.1% Write-in: 118 0.4% Total valid votes 192,949 100% Democratic hold