On November 3, the Washington, D.C. City Council passed Bill 18-345, which puts into effect election-day voter registration in D.C. It also permits no-excuse absentee voting before the election. Also, the bill lets 17-year-olds pre-register, although they can’t start voting until they are 18.

The bill does not reform ballot access. Witnesses testified earlier this year in hearings that D.C. requires a higher percentage of signatures for an independent presidential candidate, or the presidential nominee of an unqualified party, than any state, other than Oklahoma, North Carolina, and Wyoming. But councilmember Mary Cheh chose not to include ballot access in her bill.