Democrat, Republican, Other? Monday last day to change voter registration for primaries
Current registered voters who want to change parties before they vote in District’s September 14th primaries must do so by 5:00 pm August 16th. Call it a glitch in the new D.C. voting regulations that allows same-day voting for never-before-registered residents -- the new law prohibits already-registered voters from switching party affiliation on primary day.
The D.C. Board of Election and Ethics states:
Voters who would like to change their party have until next Monday, August 16 to visit www.dcboee.org and download, print and sign a new voter registration application. The Board will be open for voters who want to change their party in person from 8:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. (D.C. BOEE is located at 441 4th Street, NW, Suite 250 North Washington, DC 20001)
Of the three major parties -- Republican, Democrat and D.C. Statehood Green – only the Democrats have multiple candidates vying to represent their party in the general election. The Republicans will have no candidate for mayor on their ballot. D.C. Statehood Green party members can vote for bugle-blowing, frequent candidate Faith for mayor. All voters can write in candidates.
Longtime Republicans, independents and D.C. Statehood Greens have been known to switch party affiliation to participate in the Democratic primary which usually determines who will run the city. In Washington, 75.32% of the total 436,669 voters are registered as Democrats.
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