Meanwhile, at least one polling center is pulling double-duty as a COVID vaccine site for young kids.

Four of the candidates clashed over issues including homelessness and police in schools.

Challenger Erin Palmer says DC Council Chairman Phil Mendelson isn’t rising to the challenges the city faces.

At-large Councilmember and mayoral candidate Robert White challenged the validity of nearly 3,000 of Trayon White’s ballot signatures, which could have knocked him out of the running in June’s mayoral primary.

“I’m running,” said White in a comment on an Instagram post, using the same social media that has often got him in trouble to announce his political ambitions.

White is the first big-name entrant in the 2022 race, with questions remaining as to whether Mayor Muriel Bowser will run for a third term.