The District of Columbia Board of Elections (BOE) is the independent agency of the

District A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municipa ...

government responsible for the administration of elections,

ballot A ballot is a device used to cast votes in an election and may be found as a piece of paper or a small ball used in secret voting. It was originally a small ball (see blackballing) used to record decisions made by voters in Italy around the 16 ...

access and voter registration. The BOE consists of three active board members, an executive director, a general counsel and a number of support staff who run the day-to-day operations of the agency. Within the BOE is the

Office of Campaign Finance The District of Columbia Office of Campaign Finance (OCF) exists as an agency inside the DC Board of Elections and Ethics. The OCF monitors the actions of political campaigns, appointed officials and elected officials within the District of Columbi ...

which enforces DC laws related to campaign finance, lobbying and conduct of public officials. The agency was named the District of Columbia Board of Elections & Ethics (BOEE) until July 2012, when it was renamed the District of Columbia Board of Elections. The district's ethics law established a new Board of Ethics and Government Accountability that would handle the ethical matters that were formerly handled by the Board of Elections & Ethics.

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District of Board of Elections

District of Columbia Board of Elections voter information site
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