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Under the Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution, Washington, D.C. is allocated as many electors as it would have if it were a state, (but no more electors than the least populous state). Since every state has at least 3 electoral votes, Washington, D.C. is allocated 3 electoral votes.
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What is the 23th amendment?
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 District of Colombia got these with Amendment twenty three?
Amendment 23 of the US Constitution provides for the electoral votes for the District of Columbia. Since this is technically not a state up to this point there were no electoral votes allowed from the District of Columbia for the election of a president and vice president.
What is the district plan?
Proposal for choosing presidential electors by which two electors would be selected in each State according to the Statewide popular vote and the other electors would be selected separately in each of the State's congressional districts.
In the US presidential election voters do actually elect electors not the presidential candidates themselves?
Do the voters elect electors not the presidential candidates
Can someone for the District of Columbia run for president of the US?
Yes, the legally qualified voters who live in DC are allowed to vote for president. DC has been given three electoral votes and their electors vote along with all the electors from the states.
