DC adds ESA as voting supercenter east of Anacostia River
A voting supercenter will be set up east of the Anacostia River in D.C.
The D.C. Board of Elections announced Friday that the Entertainment and Sports Arena, or ESA, in Ward 8 would be a “Super Vote Center,” starting with the early voting period beginning Oct. 27. The arena in Congress Heights is the home court of the 2019 WNBA Champions, the Washington Mystics.
The arena was previously unavailable to accommodate voters in Wards 7 and 8, but that changed this week, the board of elections said in a news release.
period through Election Day on Nov. 3.
“We are pleased EventsDC reversed its earlier decision, and has made the ESA available to the DCBOE and the voters East of the River,” said D. Michael Bennett, chair of the D.C. Board of Elections.
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