On April 5, the Washington, D.C. city council passed B21-0675, which has the effect of putting Bernie Sanders on the presidential primary ballot. The primary is June 14, and is the latest presidential primary in the nation. The “Primary Election Filing Requirement Emergency Act of 2016” changes the deadline for parties to certify candidates for the ballot. Sanders had paid his filing fee of $2,500 by the deadline, March 16. But the fee was paid to the Democratic Party of D.C., which did not then certify Sanders’ name until the next day, which was past the deadline.

The bill gives parties one more day to certify the names of candidates. The bill had been introduced on April 4 and passed the next day. The text still isn’t on the City Council’s web page.