Ward 3 Councilwoman Mary Cheh on Thursday pressed officials from the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics about whether the board is prepared to begin same-day voter registration this year.
Starting with the Sept. 14 primary, people can register to vote at the polls on election day. But Cheh appeared unconvinced that the board was ready to handle potential instances of vote-buying and voter fraud.
Votes from same-day registrants will be cast as provisional ballots and subject to review, Executive Director Rokey Suleman said at a government operations committee public roundtable.
The board also plans to have five attorneys staffing a hotline to respond to fraud allegations. That might not be enough, Cheh said.
“Five seems a little thin to me,” she said.
