Friday, December 2, 2011

23rd 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.
This again doesn't relate much to me. Just makes things more fair towards the USA Capital. Even though that is where they house the president. They also get their chance to be represented fairly in the office. 
This is just a map of all the states that ratified this amendment. Just a nice visual to see that the majority of the united states was okay with DC being able to have 3 electoral votes. 
Just a license plate showing that Washington DC can vote with their 3 electors during the presidential elections. 

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