The 23rd Amendment declared that the District of Columbia would receive as many electoral-college votes for President and Vice President as “the whole number of Senators and Representatives in ...

Washington, D.C. residents once could not vote for president; 23rd amendment changed that Consistent with both the 12th and the 23rd Amendments, the District of Columbia is treated like a state ...

Opinion: Washington, D.C., is not a state, but here's why the District has electoral votes Prior to the 23rd Amendment, D.C. did not have the right to vote for U.S. president or vice president.