Sunday, December 19, 2010

The Twenty-Third Amendment

23rd Amendment To The Constitution Washington, D.C., suffrage *** 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 amendment serves the purpose of allowing the District of Columbia to have a say in presidential elections.

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This is a short video that explains exactly why the district of columbia can't vote for members of congress--in short, without another constitutional amendment, only members of the STATES are represented in our congress.  I'm not sure why they were allowed the right to vote for president/vice president and not congress, though.

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Here's a video that's pro voting rights for DC.  Personally, I'm really not sure why they don't have the right to, and I would think it would be a bigger deal to those that live there.  After all, every single law we pass affects them, yet they have zero say in that process.  I would think that all citizens living in the united states would be allowed representation, not just those that live in states.  Seems to me it was just forgotten
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