All Quiet at Columbia Heights’ Precinct 36
Elizabeth Thomsen
Precinct 36: Latin American Youth Center, 1419 Columbia Road, NW
Just wandered down to my local polling place and heard that out of 5,333 registered voters, a total of 505 have participated in the democratic process.
There were no lines, and it was fairly quiet, which makes sense because it’s after lunch. This morning it was busy and they’re expecting traffic to pick up again at 4pm, when the apres-work crowd arrives.
If you don’t know where your polling place is, DC’s BOEE has a very useful site which asks for your address and then tells you where to go. You have until 8pm tonight, to vote.
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