Get Printable Voter Registration Form For Washington State

Under the 23rd Amendment of the Constitution, the District of Columbia is allocated three electors and treated like a State for purposes of the Electoral College. Each State (which includes the District of Columbia for this discussion) decides how to appoint its electors.

Voters do not register for a political party in the state of Washington. Party affiliation not required when registering to vote.

As of March 31, 2016, Democrats make up 76 percent of the registered voters in the District of Columbia, while 6 percent are registered with the Republican Party (represented by the District of Columbia Republican Committee), 1 percent with the D.C. Statehood Green Party, less than 1 percent with the Libertarian Party ...

Twenty-two states and Washington, D.C., are categorized by NCSL as having enacted or implemented automatic voter registration.

08.710 and 40.24. 060, and (b) of this subsection, precinct lists and current lists of registered voters are public records and must be made available for public inspection and copying under such reasonable rules and regulations as the county auditor or secretary of state may prescribe.

"(A)(i) Each DMV application for a DMV-issued driver's license (including any renewal application) or nondriver's identification card shall automatically serve as an application to register to vote in the District of Columbia, unless the applicant indicates on the application that he or she does not want the ...

DC residents are denied representation: DC elects a non-voting Delegate to the US House of Representatives who can draft legislation but cannot vote. The current Delegate for DC is Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton. DC residents do not have a voice in Senate Committees or on the Senate Floor.