Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution
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title:
Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution
text:
The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution extends the right to participate in presidential elections to the District of Columbia. The amendment grants to the district electors in the Electoral College, as though it were a state, though the district can never have more electors than the least-populous state. How the electors are appointed is to be determined by Congress. The Twenty-third Amendment was proposed by the 86th Congress on June 16, 1960; it was ratified by the requis
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description:
1961 amendment granting presidential electors to the District of Columbia
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-third_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
date created:
2001-02-09T01:58:05Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T18:57:44Z
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