I was off by an hour, but my Friday News Dump radar was close enough — the Post Mike DeBonis reports that Mayor Vince Gray won’t be sending Robert Mallett’s nomination to chair the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics on to the D.C. Council for consideration.

In the two days since Mayor Vince Gray’s nominee to head the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics was all but sunk over questions relating to his residency, city officials have announced that they will start reviewing the “legal sufficiency” of all nominees before making them public.

After news emerged yesterday that its nominee to lead the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics may not meet residency requirements for the position, Mayor Vince Gray’s administration has said that it’s exploring seeking a waiver to the law.