Drop Boxes Available For Absentee Ballots In D.C.

WASHINGTON, DC — Starting on Monday, voters in Washington, D.C. will be able to drop off their mail-in ballots at any of the 55 drop boxes located across the District.

The drop boxes will be available at the following locations until 8 p.m. on Election Day (Nov. 3):

Ward 1

• Frank D. Reeves Center, 2000 14th St., N.W.
• Mount Pleasant Library, 3160 16th St., N.W.
• Columbia Heights Shopping Center, 3100 14th St., N.W.
• Sun Trust Bank (Park Area), 1800 Columbia Road, N.W.
• Banneker Community Center, 2500 Georgia Ave., N.W.

Ward 2

• Georgetown Library, 3260 R St., N.W.
• Martin Luther King Jr. Library, 901 G St., N.W.
• West End Library, 2301 L St., N.W.
• Stead Recreation Center, 1625 P St., N.W.
• Foggy Bottom/GWU Metro, 2301 I St., N.W. (Available Oct. 8)

Ward 3

• Guy Mason Recreation Center, 3600 Calvert St., N.W.
• Chevy Chase Library, 5625 Connecticut Ave., N.W.
• Tenley-Friendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave., N.W.
• Cleveland Park Library, 3310 Connecticut Ave., N.W.
• Palisades Library, 4901 V St., N.W.
• Second District Police Station, 3320 Idaho Ave., N.W.

Ward 4

• Takoma Metro, 327 Cedar St., N.W.
• Petworth Library, 4200 Kansas Ave., N.W.
• Shepherd Park (Juanita E. Thornton) Library, 7420 Georgia Ave., N.W.
• Fourth District Police Station, 6001 Georgia Ave., N.W.
• Lamond Recreation Center, 20 Tuckerman St., N.E.
• Takoma Park Neighborhood Library, 416 Cedar St., N.W. (Available Oct. 8)

Ward 5

• Woodridge Library, 1801 Hamlin St., N.E.
• UDC Community College @Backus, 5171 South Dakota Ave., N.E.
• Perry Street Prep Charter School, 1800 Perry St., N.E.
• Joseph H. Cole Recreation Center, 1299 Neal St., N.E.
• Dunbar High School, 101 N St., N.W.
• Union Market DC (6th Street Entrance), 1309 5th St., N.E.
• Monroe Street Market (Outside of Busboys and Poets closer to curb), 625 Monroe St., N.E.
• Rhode Island Place Shopping Center (Median in Giant Parking Lot), 1060 Brentwood Road, N.E.

Ward 6

• Shaw (Watha T. Daniel) Library, 1630 7th St., N.W.
• Northeast Library 330 7th St., N.E.
• Rosedale Library, 1701 Gales St., N.E.
• Southwest Library, 425 M St., S.W.
• Eastern Market, 225 7th St., S.E.
• BOE Headquarters, 1015 Half St., S.E.
• Northwest One Neighborhood Library 155 L St., N.W. (Available Oct. 8)
• Southeast Neighborhood Library, 403 7th St., S.E. (Available Oct. 8)

Ward 7

• Capital View Library, 5001 Central Ave., S.E.
• Deanwood Library, 1350 49th St., N.E.
• Benning (Dorothy I. Height) Library, 3925 Benning Road, N.E.
• Francis A. Gregory Library, 3660 Alabama Ave., S.E.
• Sixth District Police Station, 5002 Hayes St., N.E.
• Benning Ridge Service Center (DMV), 4525 Benning Road, S.E.
• Penn Branch Center (Backside Parking Lot), 3202 Pennsylvania Ave., S.E.
• Ridge Road Community Center, 830 Ridge Road, S.E.

Ward 8

• Anacostia Library, 1800 Good Hope Road, S.E.
• Parklands-Turner Library, 1547 Alabama Ave., S.E.
• Bellevue (William O. Lockridge) Library, 115 Atlantic St., S.W.
• Seventh District Police Station, 2455 Alabama Ave., S.E.
• The ARC, 1901 Mississippi Ave., S.E.
• Department of Human Services, 2100 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave., S.E.
• Hendley Elementary School, 425 Chesapeake St., S.E.
• Patterson Elementary School, 4399 South Capitol Terrace, S.W.
• Fort Stanton Recreation Center, 1812 Erie St., S.E. (Available Oct. 8)

The Nov. 3 election will include races for president and vice president of the United States; delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives; at-large member of the D.C. Council; member of the D.C. Council for wards 2, 4, 7 and 8; U.S. senator; U.S. representative; at-large member of the State Board of Education; member of the State Board of Education for wards 2, 4, 7, and 8; and Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner.

Sample ballots:

• Wards 1, 3, 5 and 6
• Ward 2
• Ward 4
• Ward 7
• Ward 8

To help ensure your vote is among those tallied in D.C., follow this checklist:

• All active voters in D.C. will receive a mail-in ballot at their registered address for the Nov. 3 General Election. Ballots will be mailed the first week in October.
• District residents can check their voter registration status on the D.C. Board of Elections website.
• The deadline to register to vote, by mail or in-person, is Oct. 13. That's when BOE needs to receive the registration.
• The District will also be opening 16 Vote Centers during the early voting period from Oct. 27-Nov. 2 and 90 voting centers on Election Day.
• Voted and mailed ballots must be postmarked or otherwise demonstrated to have been sent on or before Election Day. They also must arrive no later than the 10th day after Election Day.
• Beginning in October, voters can check the status of their mail-in ballot here.