President Barack Obama won re-election yesterday, and he did so with the help of 91 percent of D.C.’s voters. Maybe now he can do something about D.C. voting rights, huh?

The three protesters that launched a hunger strike yesterday for D.C. voting right and self-determination are planning on trying to meet with Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) today, in hopes of having him introduce a clean bill granting the District budgetary autonomy.

On this day in 1964, District voters cast their first presidential ballots since the city was established in 1800.

The last we heard from Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), he was talking about expanded budget autonomy. Today, he’s apparently headed in the opposite direction, introducing legislation that would dictate D.C. government hiring practices.

D.C. Shadow Representative Mike Panetta has decided that he won’t be running again after spending three terms as one part of the District’s three-man Shadow Delegation.

DCist Senior Editor Martin Austermuhle on the contention that the District must earn voting rights and self-determination.