DC voting rights and a look back on the 2009 SA elections...
Those were the topics this past Sunday on WRGW’s News In Depth with Jared Pliner and Jesse Regis.
In the first segment, Pliner and Regis spoke with Jaline Quinto, communications director for DC Vote, on the pending legislation in Congress that would give the DC residents a voting representative in the House. The bipartisan measure passed the Senate and is now on its way back to the House for a final vote.
Quinto emphasized that for many years Washingtonians have had no say when it comes to federal taxes, education, business and the like.
She also encouraged local college students to get involved in the push for representation – they too comprise the 600,000 DC residents without a voice in the Congress. For now, at least, it looks like “taxation without representation” might soon be a thing of the past.
In the second half-hour, Jared and Jesse recapped the election results from last Thursday evening. There will be two runoff elections: the first, between presidential candidates Kyle Boyer and Julie Bindelglass and the second, between Erik Ashida and Anthony Marenna for the sixth and final Columbian College undergraduate senatorial seat. The voting is scheduled for May 11th and May 12th.
And you can continue to follow Jared and Jesse as they cover the most important issues in your world on News In Depth, Sundays from 12 to 1 only on one station: GW Radio.
Just a note -- the JEC screwed up on the CCAS senate runoff. There won't be one. Though the elections charter allows for it, the constitution says the senate-elect will resolve ties for senate races.
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