Ratified March 29, 1961, the 23rd Amendment gave residents of Washington D.C. the right to vote for Electors for President and Vice President. Residents of the District had not been able to vote before as Washington D.C. is not an actual state.
District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 US ___ (2008)In 2008, the US Supreme Court found in favor of Hellerand upheld Second Amendment protection by striking down a District of Columbia law that unconstitutionally restricted the use and storage of legally owned guns. The decision in Hellerapplied only to the District of Columbia, which is federal territory, and not to the states.McDonald v. City of Chicago, 561 US ___ (2010). In McDonald, the Court held self-protection was a fundamental right and incorporated the Second Amendment to the states via the Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause. The decision was released June 28, 2010.For more information, see Related Questions, below.
The 15th Amendment granted suffrage primarily to African-American males by prohibiting discrimination by race (this applied to all previously excluded groups of male citizens); women, residents of the District of Columbia, and young people aged 18-21 weren't granted the right to vote until the 20th century.The 19th Amendment (1920) allowed women the right to vote; the 23rd Amendment (1961) granted residents of the District of Columbia the right to vote in Presidential elections; the 26th Amendment (1971) dropped the voting age for all citizens from 21 to 18.The 13th and 14th Amendments had nothing to do with voting.
District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 US ___ (2008)There is no distinction, because the US Supreme Court decided in favor of Heller and struck down the District of Columbia gun control law as unconstitutional under the Second Amendment.For more information, see Related Questions, below.
On March 30, 1870, the Fifteenth Amendment became effective, expanding the right to vote to persons without regard to race, color or previous condition of servitude. On August 26, 1920 the Nineteenth Amendment became effective expanding the right to vote to women.
The 23rd Amendment gave the District of Columbia the right to vote for the President. It was Ratified March 29, 1961.
The right for members of the district of Columbia to vote for President.
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Allow the District of Columbia the right to vote in presidential elections.
Ratified March 29, 1961, the 23rd Amendment gave residents of Washington D.C. the right to vote for Electors for President and Vice President. Residents of the District had not been able to vote before as Washington D.C. is not an actual state.
The Twenty-third Amendment granted residents of the District of Columbia the ability to vote in presidential elections.
Citizens of the District of Columbia were given the right to vote on March 29,1961 when the 23rd amendment to the Constitution was ratified.
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The district of Columbia
An interpretation of the second Amendment that corresponds with the ruling in District of Columbia vs. Heller is that citizens have the right to keep and bear arms.
The 23rd Amendment, Ratified March 29,1961, allows United States citizens who live in the District of Columbia to vote for Electors for President and Vice President. Prior to this amendment, citizens who live in Washington, D.C. were unable to vote for the President or Vice President because D.C. is not a state. Washington D.C is restricted to the number of electors in the least populated state. They are still unable to elect voting representatives to congress.
The citizens of the District of Columbia.