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.
Basically, 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Congress' fear of a civilian revolt in Washington kept it without any rights until 1961, when the 23rd amendment to the Constitution for the first time allowed DC the right to vote in presidential elections.
The 23rd amendment had nothing to do with alcohol.
Such is the 23rd amendment to the constitution. It was passed by Congress and ratified by 3/4 of the states.
The 23rd amendment gave citizens in the District of Clumbia the right to vote.
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The 23rd Amendment gave the District of Columbia the right to vote for the President. It was Ratified March 29, 1961.
The 23rd amendment permitted Washington DC to choose electors for President and Vice PresidentTHIS IS NOT THE ANSWER...I GOT IT WRONG ON MY PAPER AFTER USING THIS !!
The 23rd Amendment.
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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.
The Twenty Third.
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