February 03, 2024
DCBOE Statement on the Passing of Board Member Michael Gill
January 10, 2024
The District of Columbia Board of Elections (DCBOE) announces that the candidate ballot access period for the June 4, 2024 Primary Election will open on Friday, January 12, 2024 and run through Wednesday, March 6, 2024 at 5:00 pm.
December 27, 2023
The District of Columbia Board of Elections (DCBOE) provides the following update on the October 2023 data breach, specifically about a recently sent email communication from DataNet Systems, the company that hosted the breached website server.
December 08, 2023
On Wednesday, December 6, the District of Columbia Board of Elections (DCBOE) imposed civil fines against six voters who voted twice in the 2020 General Election. The six voters received fines ranging from $100 to $500. Two additional voters had their hearings continued for further investigation.
October 20, 2023
The District of Columbia Board of Elections (DCBOE) provides the following
update on the voter data breach: On Friday, October 20, during a daily morning check-in call with DataNet Systems, DCBOE learned
that:
• DataNet Systems’ breached database server did contain a copy of the DCBOE’s voter roll.
• DataNet Systems confirmed that bad actors MAY have had access to the full voter roll which
includes personal identifiable information (PII) including partial social security numbers,
driver’s license numbers, dates of birth, and contact information such as phone numbers and
email addresses.
• DataNet Systems could not pinpoint if or when this file may have been accessed or how
many, if any, voter records were accessed.
October 16, 2023
The District of Columbia Board of Elections (DCBOE) provides the following update on the voter data breach: CBOE continues to work with the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MSISAC)’s Computer Incident Response Team (CIRT) on a forensic analysis of the data set. So far, this analysis has found that the data breach contains fewer than 4,000 voter records.
October 10, 2023
The District of Columbia Board of Elections (DCBOE) provides the following update on the voter data breach that occurred last week: • DCBOE has confirmed that some DC voter information was accessed through a breach of DataNet Systems’ web server. No internal DCBOE databases or servers were directly compromised. DCBOE continues to monitor internal databases/servers and conduct network vulnerability scans to ensure the safety of DC voter data.
October 06, 2023
On October 5, 2023, the District of Columbia Board of Elections (DCBOE) became aware that a hacking group known as RansomVC claimed to have breached DCBOE’s records and accessed 600,000 lines of US voter data, including DC voter records.
September 18, 2023
On September 19, 2023, the District of Columbia Board of Elections will celebrate National Voter Registration Day by hosting voter registration drives at five locations across the District of Columbia.
September 14, 2023
In its continued effort to maintain the accuracy and integrity of the voter roll, the District of Columbia Board of Elections (DCBOE) today published a list of 65,628 inactive voter records.