What is Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution?
{{US Constitution article series}} The '''Twenty-third Amendment''' ('''Amendment XXIII''') to the [[United States Constitution]] extends the right to vote in the [[United States presidential election|presidential election]] to citizens residing in the [[District of Columbia]] by granting the [[Federal district|District]] electors in the [[Electoral college]], as if it were a [[U.S. state|state]]. The amendment was proposed by the [[86th United States Congress|86th Congress]] on June 16, 1960, and [[Article Five of the United States Constitution#Ratification|ratified]] by the states on March 29, 1961. According to the terms of the amendment, the district is allocated as many electors as it would have if it were a state, but no more electors than the least populous state (currently [[Wyoming]], which has three electors); thus, the district cannot have more than three electors. Even if it were a state, the district's population would entitle it to only three electors.<ref>[https://www.census.gov/popest/data/state/totals/2011/tables/NST-EST2011-01.xls Table 1. Annual Estimates of the Population for the United States, Regions, States, and Puerto Rico: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011] in [https://www.census.gov/popest/data/state/totals/2011/index.html State Totals: Vintage 2011], United States Census Bureau.</ref> Since the passage of this amendment, the District's electoral votes have been cast for the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party's]] presidential and vice presidential candidates in every election. ==Text== {{quote|'''Section 1.<br> '''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 purp