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Twenty Third Amendment does is to give votes for President and Vice President in the Electoral College to the District of Columbia which equals the least number of votes that any State could have.
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FranBasically, Washington, D.C. is not a state, despite repeated attempts to turn it into the 51st state. So, in theory, the people that live there could not vote in the presidential elections.
Under the Electoral College, each state has as many electors as it has Representatives and Senators in the United States Congress. Each state has two representatives, and a number of senators based on its population, so the states with the largest populations also have the largest number of electors. When you cast your vote, you're really not voting for the President; you're telling one of the electors how you want HIM to vote.
For example, California, with its population of over 36 million people, has 53 senators and 2 representatives, and therefore it has 55 electors (53+2). States like Montana, which have a population of less than a million, have only 1 senator and 2 representatives, and therefore have 3 electors (1+2).
The 23rd Amendment gives Washington, D.C. electors (and thus, the ability to vote for President), equal to the state with the smallest number of electors. Therefore, Washington, D.C. gets 3 electors, same as Alaska, Delaware, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont, and Wyoming, which have 3 electors each.
This makes the total number of electors equal to the number of seats in the Senate (435), plus the number of representatives (100), plus the 3 allowed to Washington, D.C., for a total of 538 electors.
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What amendment gives residents of DC the right to vote?
The 23rd amendment gave Washington, D.C. the right to vote for electors, who cast votes for the president and vice president in the electoral college. Prior to that they could not vote for the president and vice president since Washington, D.C. is not a state.
Which article allows the citizens of Washington DC to vote for the president?
The 23rd Amendment of the U.S. Constitution allows the Presidential vote for the District of Columbia. The amendment was proposed by Congress on June 16, 1960 and was ratified on March 29, 1961.
Who gains the right to vote under the 23rd amendment?
The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution extends the right to vote in the presidential election to citizens residing in the District of Columbia by granting the District electors in the Electoral College, as if it were a state.
What do you call changes to the constitution?
In the US, changes made to the US Constitution are called Amendments. Excluding the 10 amendments of the Bill of Rights, the most important one can be the 13th amendment which abolished slavery in the USA.
Amendment 21 provides what of Amendment 18?
The 21st Amendment repeals the 18th Amendment (Prohibition)
