Photo by Mr. T in DC.

Good morning, Washington. We’ll have more on this later, but let me tease out some of last night’s Ward 3 town hall meeting with presumptive Mayor-elect Vince Gray. Yes, Ron Moten was there alongside a small crowd of Write-In Fenty supporters. No, Michelle Rhee’s future did not come up, making it two town halls so far where education reform has been a central focus — but not Rhee’s tenure. And in actual news, Gray announced that he would be working with former Chair of the D.C. Control Board Alice Rivlin and former Mayor Anthony Williams during the transition on budget and finance issues, notably what cuts to make to close the District’s ever-growing budget deficit.

D.C. Election Goes Before Council: The Examiner’s Freeman Klopott reports that the D.C. Council will hear testimony today on how the city’s voting system fared during the recent primary. The D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics has been criticized for being too slow in releasing results on primary night and not properly training certain poll workers; election officials have fired back by saying that the many changes to the District’s election infrastructure and practices should have been phased in more slowly by lawmakers. On tap to testify are a University of Michigan professor who successfully hacked into the city’s online voting system during a recent test run and…Ron Moten. Yep, Moten. He apparently claims that the election was stolen.

By Law, You’re Michael D. Brown, OK?: In more election-related news, legislation has been introduced in the D.C. Council that would force the city’s election board to deal with name confusion like the one featuring Michael D. Brown, whose choice not to use his middle initial during the 2010 campaign confused the heck out of voters (some who thought he was At-Large Council member Michael A. Brown) and almost cost Council member Phil Mendelson (D-At Large) a fourth term. The legislation would also cut the period of early voting from two weeks to one, reports the Examiner.

Woman Accused in D.C. Hit-and-Run Turns Herself In: Jorida Davidson, who is accused of driving the car that hit and killed 24-year-old Kiela Ryan early Thursday morning, turned herself into D.C. police this morning, writes TBD. Davidson was already booked on DUI in Maryland, where she lives and was found after the incident, but still has to face charges related to Ryan’s death. WTOP reports that she’s being charged with involuntary manslaughter.

Howard University Starts Allowing Overnight Guests: The Post reports that Howard University has started a pilot program allowing overnight guests in certain upperclassmen dorms, departing from the usual rule that guests have to be out by 2 a.m. If all goes well this semester, say university officials, they might expand the program to include non-university guests; for now, only fellow students can stay over. (Jeez. When I was in college, overnight guests weren’t a problem, but I lived in a glorified prison block that no one really ever wanted to spend a night in anyhow. Penn State University, represent!)

Briefly Noted: If you work at the Department of Commerce, enjoy your four-day weekend you lucky bastards … Tea Party convention kicks off today in Richmond; Lou Dobbs and the Undocumented Quintet to headline … Maryland’s Purple Line could live or die based on results of gubernatorial election.

This Day in DCist: On this day in 2009, we found out that Ben Ali, founder of Ben’s Chili Bowl, had passed away and expanded cell phone service kicked off in select Metro stations. In 2008, a crowded field of At-Large D.C. Council candidates debated and the District debated making those rush hour courtesy tows way less courteous.