The D.C. Council passed emergency legislation that clarifies a grace period for submitting paperwork to get on the ballot.

In past elections, the names were submitted a day after the deadline, but one person is challenging the Sanders submission this year.

Photo by KCIvey.The District of Columbia Democratic Party held their annual convention at Howard University School of Law yesterday — and while we’re sure that the workshops and speeches by Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton and party chair Anita Bonds were plenty interesting, let’s be honest: in a huge election year, it’s all about the straw poll. The Party released the results of its poll for each office up for grabs in this September’s primary…

UPDATE 10:49 p.m. With all of the races now decided, we’re calling it a night. You can continue to follow the minutiae of the last few precinct results as they come in at the DCBOEE’s snazzy new election results web site. UPDATE 10:29 p.m.: Those murky D.C. Democratic State Committee races are a bit of mixed bag, but the major seats appear to have gone largely for the status quo: all but one of the…