Your Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC)
provides people with a greater say in the matters that affect their neighborhoods, to bring government closer to the people and to bring the people closer to government. ANCs are a unique feature of the District's Home Rule Charter since 1976.
Dupont Circle is represented by ANC2B with nine Commissioners. Each Commissioner has a Single Member District (SMD) and represents about 2,000 residents. Corcoran Street NW neighbor Susan Meehan served on the first Dupont Circle ANC. The Ward 2 ANC map can be viewed
here
.
Advisory Neighborhood Commissioners
are non-partisan, serve two-year terms without pay and are elected at DC Elections in November in even-numbered years.
The ANCs' main job is to be their neighborhood's official voice in advising the District government (and Federal agencies) on things that affect their neighborhoods. Although not required to follow the ANCs' advice, District agencies are required to give the ANCs' recommendations
"great weight"
on certain issues.
Moreover, District law says that agencies cannot take any action that will significantly affect a neighborhood unless they give the affected ANCs 30 days advance notice. This includes zoning, streets, recreation, education, social services, sanitation, planning, safety, budget, and health services. The ANCs may also initiate recommendations for improving city services, conduct neighborhood improvement programs, and monitor resident complaints.
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Qualifications:
To have your name on the November 3, 2020 ballot you must be a registered voter and have lived in your Single Member District (SMD) for 60 days prior to turning in your nomination petition.
The deadline for turning in your petition this year is Wednesday, August 5th, 2020
therefore you must have begun living in your SMD no later than June 6th, 2020. The petitions are scheduled to become available on
Friday, June 26th, 2020.
Because of covid-19 there will be a different procedure this year for nomination petitions. Instead of requiring the signatures of 25 other registered voters of your SMD, only 10 will be required. Petitions will also be available electronically, and they may be turned in electronically. More information on these procedures will be on the Board of Elections website (
dcboe.org
) once they are available.
