The position tracker

Where does DC stand on your right to vote?

Automated enforcement has never been on a DC ballot. So we are asking the people who could change that, the Council and the candidates for mayor, one simple question. Their answers go here, in public, as they come in.

The question we are asking each of them
Should DC residents get to vote on automated traffic enforcement, with fines scaled to income and the revenue walled off for road safety?
Two questions, kept separate. One is whether the cameras should exist. The other is whether residents should get to vote on them. This tracks the second, the one no one in power will answer. A leader can believe in the cameras and still believe the people deserve a say, and that should be the easy position. The ones worth watching are the leaders who defend the cameras but will not let you vote on them. And note the difference between backing cameras in a school zone, a narrow safety use, and defending the current sprawl of more than 500 of them citywide. Those are not the same position. We mark a stance only when someone states one publicly or to us, with a linked source; "Not yet asked" means we have not yet put the question to them. Roster as of mid-2026; see an error or a statement we missed? Tell us and we will update it.
Supports a vote Opposes a vote Asked · awaiting Not yet asked
The race that matters most

The next mayor will own DC's camera program.

Whoever wins in November controls DDOT, the budget, and every camera in the District. Per June 2026 reporting, Ward 4 Councilmember Janeese Lewis George leads the race to be DC's next mayor. She backed cameras in school zones, a narrow safety use that is a long way from defending the citywide sprawl, so she is no reflexive opponent, and that is exactly why her answer matters. A leader who believes in the cameras can still believe residents deserve a vote on them. We are asking her, and every candidate, to commit now.

Janeese Lewis George Ward 4 · mayoral frontrunner · pro-camera Not yet asked

The DC Council

Thirteen members: the Chairman, four elected citywide, and one per ward. Any of them can move a public vote. Here is where each stands, and where we are in asking.

SeatMemberOn letting residents vote
ChairmanPhil MendelsonDefends the cameras. Argues electing the Council already counts as the public's vote. SourceAsked · awaiting
At-LargeAnita BondsNot yet asked
At-LargeChristina HendersonNot yet asked
At-LargeRobert C. White Jr.Not yet asked
At-LargeElissa SilvermanWon the June 2026 special election for the seat Kenyan McDuffie left to run for mayorNot yet asked
Ward 1Brianne NadeauNot yet asked
Ward 2Brooke PintoNot yet asked
Ward 3Matthew FruminNot yet asked
Ward 4Janeese Lewis GeorgeFrontrunner for mayor. Backed cameras in school zones, a narrow safety use. That is not a stance on the citywide sprawl, and she has not said whether residents should vote. SourceNot yet asked
Ward 5Zachary ParkerNot yet asked
Ward 6Charles AllenThe Council's chief camera champion. Authored the STEER Act to strengthen enforcement. Being pro-camera is not the same as opposing a vote, and we have asked where he stands on that. SourceAsked · awaiting
Ward 7Wendell FelderRepresents a hardest-hit ward.Not yet asked
Ward 8Trayon WhiteThe only member who declined to join the Council's statement defending the cameras. SourceNot yet asked
Add pressure

Silence is an answer too.

The more residents who sign, the harder it gets for any official to keep this off the ballot. Add your name, and we will keep asking until every one of them is on the record.

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