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A week-long period of in-person early voting in D.C. kicks off Friday at 39 vote centers located across the city.

The arrival of in-person voting comes some three weeks after D.C. voters were sent a ballot in the mail, which they could choose to send back in through the mail or drop off at any of the 55 ballot drop boxes around town. As of Thursday, 6,548 ballots had been left in the ballot boxes and 16,864 returned by mail. Voters can also leave mail ballots at any of the vote centers opening Friday. (If you do not receive a mail ballot by next week, D.C. officials say you should vote in person.)

The vote centers will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. from June 10-19. D.C. voters can use any of the vote centers they choose, regardless of where they live. If you’re not yet a registered voter, fear not — D.C. offers same-day registration, requiring only that you bring proof of residence. (If you can’t provide that you’ll be allowed to cast a provisional ballot, but have to offer the proof of residence later in order for it to be counted.)

As the primary cycle winds down, candidates for every office from mayor down to ward-based seats on the D.C. Council are making their final pitches to voters. An important campaign fundraising deadline also comes on Friday, giving candidates a last infusion of money needed for the final week-and-a-half sprint.

As of the last fundraising report on May 10, Mayor Muriel Bowser was sitting on a campaign war chest of $2.7 million, while challenger Councilmember Robert White (D-At Large) had just over $830,000 but touted more individual contributions from D.C. residents. Councilmember Trayon White (D-Ward 8), another mayoral challenger, had less then $400,000 to work with. (All three candidates are participating in public financing, which gives them a 5-to-1 match on every small-dollar contribution they get from residents.)

Over in Ward 1, supporters of incumbent Councilmember Brianne Nadeau (D-Ward 1) and challenger Salah Czapary are lobbing accusations at each other over stolen campaign signs. In Ward 5 more sitting councilmembers are now picking sides in the field of seven candidates. In Ward 3, as Washington City Paper reports, it may simply come down to ground game for the nine candidates vying for the open council seat.

For more information on when, where, and how to vote, read our guide here. And to get to know the races and candidates, we have a voter guide, as does the Washington Post, Axios, 730DC, The Washington Informer, and Street Sense.