Advocates Want DC Jail Resident to Run for ANC Seat That’s Never Been Filled
WASHINGTON CITY PAPER
ANC 7F07, the single member district that includes the D.C. Jail, hasn’t had a commissioner since it was created in 2012
As election season enters its final stretch, people serving time at the D.C. Jail are casting their ballots, voting for president and in the District’s many local races, from the crowded contest for D.C. Council At-Large to the lower-stakes race for D.C. Shadow Senator. They, like all D.C. voters, are also eligible to elect an Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner. Residents of the jail are constituents of ANC 7F07, which comprises the jail, the Harriet Tubman Women’s Shelter, and St. Coletta of Greater Washington, a school for people with intellectual disabilities.
The only problem: No one is running for the position this year. In fact, ANC 7F07 hasn’t had a commissioner since it was created in 2012, when D.C. redrew single-member districts to account for the 2010 Census.
