Efforts to provide voting options beyond in-person balloting have increased over the years to encourage greater turnout. 

In February 2020, I introduced the B23-0963 - Voter Mobile App Amendment Act of 2020 to amend the District of Columbia Election Code of 1955 to clarify voting by mobile application in elections.

I worked with my council colleagues to make this bill stronger. I supported Ward 2 Councilmember Brooke Pinto's "Mobile Voting Options for Turnout Equity Amendment Act of 2022" by co-introducing this legislation along with Chairman Phil Mendelson and Councilmembers Brianne K. Nadeau, Christina Henderson, Robert C. White, Jr., Anita Bonds, and Vincent C. Gray.

The purpose of this legislation is to make voting more accessible by allowing District voters to securely cast digital absentee ballots from a smartphone, tablet, or computer, beginning in 2024.

There will be no need to wait in long lines or use a voter mailbox - mobile voting is safe and secure. As with in-person voting, a mobile voting system would verify a voter's identity, signature, eligibility, and voter registration and ensure that no more than one ballot is counted for each voter. 

Offering a mobile voting system will reduce voting barriers facing our residents and provide a new way to cast a safe, secure, and counted ballot.

Regards, 

 Councilmember Trayon White, Sr.

The Office of Councilmember Trayon White's Legislative team has been working hard to produce meaningful legislation for District Residents.

During yesterday's legislative meeting, Councilmember White introduced 4 bills and 1 ceremonial resolution. The titles are:

1) The “Educator Preferential Parking Permit Act of 2022”-  To require the Mayor to establish standards providing for District of Columbia Public School and District of Columbia Public Charter School educators to receive specialty parking permits for unlimited specialty parking in the District of Columbia.
 

2) The “Community Land Trust Preference Act of 2022”-  To require the Mayor to establish standards for awarding a 10-point preference to Community Land Trusts in the District of Columbia for the acquisition of land and property being disposed of in the District Columbia.
 

3) The “Permanent Support Housing Voucher Concentrated Poverty Avoidance Act of 2022”- To require the Department of Behavioral Health to adopt a written policy for the selection of rental units to which project based permanent support housing will be attached, reflecting an equitable distribution of rental units in communities at or above the average median income or below a poverty rate of 20 percent to avoid areas of concentrated poverty for holders of permanent support housing vouchers.
 

4) The “Online Rental Posting Transparency Act of 2022”- To establish requirements prohibiting online posters of housing units available for rent from misrepresenting the available unit by posting photos of a different unit.
 

5) “The Museum DC Celebration of Achievements Ceremonial Resolution of 2022”-  To celebrate the achievements of The Museum DC, for its success and commitment to representing DC community and culture.

March 2022
Meetings & Hearings Schedule

While the city’s poverty rate of 15% is higher than the 13.4%  national average, in 2019 the poverty rate for Black residents was 21.6 percent, four times higher than white D.C. residents. 

Councilman Trayon White (D-Ward 8) is a native Washingtonian from Southeast D.C. and a national and local leader who has positive memories growing up in the city but understands D.C. ‘s complexities.

“I always say there are three Washington D.C.’s – there’s a part of the city that has significant amounts of money, resources and connectivity; there’s a part of the city people see when they visit for a temporary stay; and there’s a part of the city that’s plagued with inequality, violence, poor school systems, potholes and despair,” Councilman White said.