After last week’s “Super Tuesday” primary elections in California, New Jersey and four other states, it’s easy to forget that there’s still one more primary in our nation’s capital. As the District of Columbia prepares to undergo the final primary in this year’s explosive primary season, Democratic voters in the capital need to know: When do the polls close in D.C.?
Voters will be able cast their ballots in D.C. until 8 p.m. ET as the sun sets on the east coast and this year’s primary season. The Democratic primary, which is closed (meaning only people registered as Democrats in the District) marks the final standoff between presumptive nominee Hillary Clinton and underdog candidate Bernie Sanders before the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia on July 25.
The vote is largely symbolic, as only 20 delegates are up for grabs (Clinton currently has 2,202 pledged delegates; Sanders has 1,829) and Clinton declared herself the presumptive Democratic nominee the night of last week’s Super Tuesday primaries. All the same, Sanders is still working the campaign circuit. In a statement and briefly during an appearance in D.C.,Sanders came out in support of D.C. statehood, saying that it’s “morally wrong for American citizens who pay federal taxes, fight in our wars and live in our country to be denied the basic right to full Congressional representation.” For the full article click here
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