Washington D.C. residents could potentially quit changing their clocks on a bi-annual basis if a ballot initiative gets the thumbs-up from the capital voters.

The D.C. Board of Elections signed off on the initiative to exempt the nation’s capital from Daylight Saving Time, marking a big step for getting it to voters. The initiative, proposed by Daniel Bernier, now has six months to collect signatures from 5% of the city’s residents, which must include 5% of voters in five of D.C.’s eight wards.

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The proposal has received positive attention from Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority CEO Randy Clarke, suggesting it would be “fun” for residents outside of Washington D.C. to experience different times while traveling through the city. 

“Would be fun scheduling trains or buses that leave VA @ 7am, arrive @ 6am in DC then arrive after 7am in MD,” Clarke wrote on X. “Just little things like that have to get worked out.”

Would be fun scheduling trains or buses that leave VA @ 7am, arrive @ 6am in DC then arrive after 7am in MD. Just little things like that have to get worked out ???? https://t.co/LHWK5inyja

— Randy Clarke (@wmataGM) June 11, 2025

It is unclear where Govs. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) and Wes Moore (D-MD) stand on Washington D.C. ridding itself of Daylight Savings Time, as Virginia and Maryland border the Capitol. However, Youngkin previously praised the state of Arizona for its rejection of the bi-annual time change.

The Washington Examiner has contacted the offices of both governors for comment.

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Earlier this year, President Donald Trump backed a Congressional push to make Daylight Saving Time permanent across the nation. He called the changing of the clocks “a big inconvenience,” and that both the House and the Senate should “push hard for more Daylight at the end of a day.”

Last year, then-Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), who has since become Trump’s secretary of state, renewed his push for the Sunshine Protection Act, which he said would end the “stupid practice” of changing the clocks.