Dear District,
As of Friday morning, 124,641 of you have already cast your ballot—about 2/3 by slipping it into a dropbox and the rest by USPS. That’s 40% of the total votes cast from 2016. DC is well on its way to historic turnout! Don’t forget to track your mail ballot to make sure it was received.
If you haven’t received your mail-in ballot, need to register, or would just prefer to vote in person, early voting starts this Tuesday, Oct. 27 at 8:30am. I’ll be voting in person at Raymond Recreation Center in Ward 4 first thing Tuesday (because our cat marked up my mail ballot, woops).
If you’re still making up your mind, please check out the complete Dear District Voter Guide, or this excellent guide from 730DC. The cliff notes version is that you should vote for Ed Lazere in the contested At-Large race and Mysiki Valentine in the At-Large State Board of Education race.
With the last day to vote less than two weeks away, the local DC press have turned their attention to this year’s races. Here are some of the more interesting reads:
Amanda Michelle Gómez 🇲🇽🇵🇭@amanduhgomez
Have you noticed Marcus Goodwin, Council at-large candidate, change his position on, say, congestion pricing? Or rent control? So did @mitchryals! Give it a read:
washingtoncitypaper.com
The Marcus Goodwin Flip-Flop Tracker - Washington City Paper
9:47 PM · Oct 22, 2020
36 Reposts · 91 Likes
^ If you want the real ☕️, please do yourself a favor and look at the “quote RTs” of that tweet.
Washington City Paper@wcp
If elected, Lazere would join Janeese Lewis George, the Democratic nominee for the Ward 4 seat as the other democratic socialist on the Council.
washingtoncitypaper.com
If Elected, Ed Lazere Plans to Push the D.C. Council to the Left
1:38 PM · Oct 20, 2020
3 Reposts · 10 Likes
Perry Stein@PerryStein
The D.C. Council is almost evenly divided among lawmakers who want to pioneer liberal policies and those more skeptical of increased spending. This election will decide the direction of the council. @FenitN on what's at stake.
washingtonpost.com
In a crowded D.C. Council field, stark choices about the direction of a liberal city
4:56 PM · Oct 16, 2020
6 Reposts · 8 Likes
Rachel Kurzius@Curious_Kurz
You're going to want to read all the way to the kicker of this excellent @colleengrablick look at the Ward 2 race, and whether the independent candidates can give Brooke Pinto a run for her money
dcist.com
Independents Look To Unseat Brooke Pinto In Ward 2 D.C. Council Race
9:04 PM · Oct 20, 2020
5 Reposts · 24 Likes
Finally, I wanted to invite you to join me later THIS afternoon, Saturday at 3pm, for a virtual Get Out the Vote Rally featuring Janeese Lewis George, Karl Racine, Elissa Silverman, Ed Lazere, and more. If you want to hear their progressive vision for the city, RSVP here.
Ed Lazere@edlazere
I’m excited to announce our virtual Get Out The Vote rally with @DCWFP along with @Janeese4DC , @KarlRacineDC, @tweetelissa and @BrianneKNadeau. We’re pumping up the excitement around voting and hope you’ll join us!
7:00 PM · Oct 21, 2020
16 Reposts · 42 Likes
As always, thanks for reading! Please share Dear District, and especially these articles I’ve linked, with friends and neighbors who might need help filling out their ballot. Feel free to get in touch if you have questions about voting.
—Dan
Dear District is an independent project of me, Dan Essrow. I’m a designer, writer, and doer of democracy living in DC’s Ward 1.
(Disclosure: I do paid design work for Ed Lazere and Janeese Lewis George. I’m proud to work for them because they are good people with good politics.)
P.S. There is an amazing wealth of local DC reporting—longform and on Twitter. Dear District relies entirely on work from dedicated DC journalists and citizens like Keith Ivey, Erin Palmer, Cuneyt Dil, Fenit Nirappil, Martin Austermuhle, Rachel Kurzius, Tom Sherwood, Mitch Ryals, Perry Stein, Jeffrey Anderson, Amanda Michelle Gómez, and Michael Brice-Saddler.
Here’s some links in case you want more local DC content in your life:
District Links (daily! local DC email)
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