ANC recall effort moves forward

A Southwest advisory neighborhood commissioner will face a rare recall election on Nov. 7 after the Board of Elections and Ethics last week certified more than 120 petition signatures collected to bring her down.

Mary C. Williams, a Ward 6 ANC commissioner in the general area of the new South Capitol Street baseball stadium, could be on two November ballots — one for a recall and another for a re-election bid, if she chooses to run again. She will be only the third elected official to face a recall vote since the advent of Home Rule in 1973; all officials to face recalls have been ANC commissioners.