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Illustration of a ballot box and question mark sticker. — Illustration: Lindsey Bailey/Axios

✅ Make sure your registration is up to date

New voters can register to vote online, past mail, or in person. You must have valid proof of residence, such as a driver's license, lease, or utility bill.
Same-solar day registration is allowed at early voting sites and on Election Day, June 21.

👉 Check your registration here.

May 31 was the final mean solar day for registered voters to change their party affiliation. D.C. voters must exist registered with one of the parties (Republican, Autonomous, D.C. Statehood Green, or Libertarian) to vote in the master.

📬 Mail service-in ballots

The Board of Elections automatically sent postal service-in ballots to all actively registered voters.

Make sure your address is right and change it here if not.
If you'll exist away during the ballot, you tin can request a ballot hither and they'll send information technology to an alternate address.

How information technology works: Your mail-in ballot should include your election, secrecy sleeve, prepaid render envelope, and instructions. If you're a first-time voter who registered online or by post, too provide a copy of your ID or other proof of residency when you postal service it dorsum.

Fill out the ballot in but blue or black ink.
Yous do not need to fill up out every single race.
Y'all must sign and date the voter's oath on the back of the return envelope for your vote to count.
Do not fold your ballot to fit in the envelope or use tape to seal information technology.

All post-in ballots must be postmarked on or before Ballot Twenty-four hour period.

Y'all can likewise drop off ballots at a dropbox location. (Just be careful not to put your ballot in a COVID-nineteen testing box … they look alike.)

🧍 Voting in person

If you haven't received a election in the mail past June sixteen, get vote in person.

Early voting starts June 10 and runs through June xix, from 8:30am to 7pm. You can vote at any of these voting centers.
Voting on Election Day, June 21, runs from 7am to 8pm at these sites.

🧠 Employees and students: D.C. police force requires your employer or schoolhouse to allow yous two paid or excused hours to vote.

Read where the candidates stand up in our 2022 Voter Guide.

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