The Twenty-Third Amendment

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.
The Twenty-Third Amendment allowed the citizens of Washington, DC, to choose electors and vote for presidential 
elections. Previously, as citizens of a federal district and not a state, DC residents were unable to vote for federal 
office. Today they still are not represented in Congress.
This image represents the inequality of DC citizens compared to citizens of other states in terms of voting rights for federal 
elections before the passing of the twenty third amendment. It’s comical in demonstrating Congress as being hypocritical towards 
DC residents, advertising democracy while DC residents are stuck in the trash as an afterthought.



This article explains the significance of how the residents of DC got the right to vote with the passage of the twenty third 
amendment. However, it also focuses on how DC still does not have voting representation in either house of Congress.

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