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23rd Amendment: D.C Gets a Voice

What They Say: 


SECTION 1

The District constituting the seat of Government of the United States shall appoint in such manner as the Congress may direct:
A number of electors of President and Vice President equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives in Congress to which the District would be entitled if it were a State, but in no event more than the least populous State; they shall be in addition to those appointed by the States, but they shall be considered, for the purposes of the election of President and Vice President, to be electors appointed by a State; and they shall meet in the District and perform such duties as provided by the twelfth article of amendment.

SECTION 2

The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
What We Say: Citizens of Washington DC are allowed to vote for their representatives. 

Washington D.C residents were not allowed to vote before the 23rd Amendment was created. Because DC was not an official state, they couldn't vote for President or representatives. 


I feel as if Washington D.C should have been included with a nearby state to ensure that they had the right to vote 



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