Mystics' home court will be voting supercenter, elections board says
The Entertainment and Sports Arena will be a voting supercenter in the District, the city’s elections board said Friday — granting neighborhoods east of the Anacostia River a large-scale location to cast their ballots in the upcoming election.
The Washington Mystics’ home court will join Capital One Arena, Nationals Park, Dock 5 at Union Market, the Omni Shoreham Hotel and the University of District of Columbia as super vote centers following a report in The Washington Post that there was no such venue in Wards 7 and 8.
The arena will be open for early voting on Election Day.
On Wednesday, Events D.C. President Greg O’Dell made the arena available as a vote center following a wave of criticism about the disparity. O’Dell previously had said the city-owned arena might be in use for another event around the time of the election.
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