District of Columbia Board of Elections

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election authority government agency independent agency

The District of Columbia Board of Elections is the independent local agency responsible for administering and overseeing elections, voter registration, and ballot access in Washington, D.C.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
DC Board of Elections	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	election authority ⓘ government agency ⓘ independent agency ⓘ
appliesToTerritorialJurisdiction	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
governs	elections in the District of Columbia ⓘ
hasDuty	administer absentee and mail voting in the District of Columbia ⓘ administer early voting in the District of Columbia ⓘ administer elections in the District of Columbia ⓘ certify election results in the District of Columbia ⓘ conduct general elections in the District of Columbia ⓘ conduct primary elections in the District of Columbia ⓘ conduct special elections in the District of Columbia ⓘ design and print ballots for District of Columbia elections ⓘ enforce District of Columbia election laws and regulations ⓘ maintain campaign finance disclosure records for District of Columbia elections ⓘ maintain the District of Columbia voter registration database ⓘ manage ballot access for candidates and measures in the District of Columbia ⓘ manage candidate filing for District of Columbia elections ⓘ manage polling places in the District of Columbia ⓘ oversee voter registration in the District of Columbia ⓘ provide voter education in the District of Columbia ⓘ train election workers in the District of Columbia ⓘ verify petition signatures for ballot measures and candidates in the District of Columbia ⓘ
hasScope	federal elections conducted in Washington, D.C. ⓘ local elections in Washington, D.C. ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.dcboe.org/ ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
independentFrom	Council of the District of Columbia ⓘ Mayor of the District of Columbia ⓘ
jurisdiction	District of Columbia ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
legalForm	independent local agency ⓘ
locatedIn	District of Columbia ⓘ
operatesIn	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
oversees	ballot access in the District of Columbia ⓘ voter registration in the District of Columbia ⓘ
partOf	Government of the District of Columbia ⓘ surface form: District of Columbia government
responsibleFor	ballot access procedures in Washington, D.C. ⓘ certification of election results in Washington, D.C. ⓘ election administration in Washington, D.C. ⓘ implementation of election laws in Washington, D.C. ⓘ voter registration system in Washington, D.C. ⓘ
sector	public sector ⓘ
shortName	District of Columbia Board of Elections self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: DC Board of Elections District of Columbia boards ⓘ surface form: DCBOE

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Government of the District of Columbia → hasAgency → District of Columbia Board of Elections ⓘ

District of Columbia Board of Elections → shortName → District of Columbia Board of Elections self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: DC Board of Elections