The Twenty-Third Amendment:
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.
Washington DC may have electors in the Electoral College, as if it were a state. There are some restrictions saying the DC cant have more electors than the least populated state. Although DC is not a state, the appointed members will have the same duties, responsibilites, and powers that electors would have in a state. Washington DC now allowed people to vote for the President and electors.
Read the Article: Capital Injustice
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/29/opinion/29masur.html?_r=0
Excerpts from the beginning and end of the article,
I recommend reading the entire article, but the two excerpts posted above specifically relate to how to 23rd amendment affects the world today. She notes, "The anniversary is worth remembering, both because the amendment was an important step toward full political equality for citizens of the nation’s capital and because it was frustratingly incomplete." The article also notes that there are still obstacles of inequality today, regardless of the many Constitutional amendments that aim to advance equality and rights.
Washington DC may have electors in the Electoral College, as if it were a state. There are some restrictions saying the DC cant have more electors than the least populated state. Although DC is not a state, the appointed members will have the same duties, responsibilites, and powers that electors would have in a state. Washington DC now allowed people to vote for the President and electors.
Read the Article: Capital Injustice
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/29/opinion/29masur.html?_r=0
Excerpts from the beginning and end of the article,
I recommend reading the entire article, but the two excerpts posted above specifically relate to how to 23rd amendment affects the world today. She notes, "The anniversary is worth remembering, both because the amendment was an important step toward full political equality for citizens of the nation’s capital and because it was frustratingly incomplete." The article also notes that there are still obstacles of inequality today, regardless of the many Constitutional amendments that aim to advance equality and rights.
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