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Why does the District of Columbia allowed to have 3 electoral votes when it is not a recognized as one of the 50 states?
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∙ 16y ago
Because of the 23rd Amendment to the US Constitution.
Because regardless of it's population, DC is not a state, and should not have more power than a state. This is why DC gets no more electoral votes than the least enfranchised state.
Because Washington, D.C is not a state and if it were a state, then the president would only pass bills that would only benefit Washington, D.C, but since it is not a state, then the district has the right to make its own laws concerning its own district.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 6y agoUnder the Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution, Washington, D.C. is allocated as many electors as it would have if it were a state, (but no more electors than the least populous state). Since every state has at least 3 electoral votes, Washington, D.C. is allocated 3 electoral votes.
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∙ 16y agoWhile the District of Comumbia is not a state, its residents are citizens of the United States and therefore entitled to vote for the President.
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∙ 13y agoI think it is because all of the law makers were there
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∙ 14y agoBecause the smallest state gets 3 votes.
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The District of Colombia got these with Amendment twenty three?
Amendment 23 of the US Constitution provides for the electoral votes for the District of Columbia. Since this is technically not a state up to this point there were no electoral votes allowed from the District of Columbia for the election of a president and vice president.
When was the District of Columbia allowed to vote?
it isn't allowed!
Are Puerto Ricans allowed to vote in American presidential elections.?
No, not unless they come to the US to live, which they can do if they wish, Only the states and the District of Columbia are allowed to appoint the members of the electoral college. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ But Puerto Rico is involved in the nomination contests.
Can someone for the District of Columbia run for president of the US?
Yes, the legally qualified voters who live in DC are allowed to vote for president. DC has been given three electoral votes and their electors vote along with all the electors from the states.
Is Washington DC a congressional district?
Yes, the District has one congressional district. But its representative is not allowed a vote on the floor of the House of Representatives.
Does the district of Columbia get 3 electoral votes?
yes According to the 23rd Amendment to the U. S. Constitution, the District of Columbia is allowed to appoint the number of electors to which it would be entitled if it were a state, but never more than the number of electors from the least populous state. Each of the seven least populous states has the minimum possible number of electors, three. And currently, the population of D.C. exceeds the population of Wyoming.
Which election was Washington D.C. first able to vote?
Residents of Washington, D.C. were first allowed to vote for President in 1964. Residents of Washington, D.C. were first allowed to vote for mayor and the city council in 1974. Residents of Washington, D.C. are not permitted voting representation in Congress.
Who is given the right to vote in the Twenty-third Amendment?
The Twenty-third Amendment granted residents of the District of Columbia the ability to vote in presidential elections.
What is the 23th amendment?
Ratified March 29, 1961, the 23rd Amendment gave residents of Washington D.C. the right to vote for Electors for President and Vice President. Residents of the District had not been able to vote before as Washington D.C. is not an actual state.
What states allowed slavery in 1861 but stayed in the union?
Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, Delaware. District of Columbia was also a slave-state (though not allowed to trade slaves) until the summer of 1861.
Why are there 538 votes in the election college?
Each state has electoral votes equal to the total of the 2 representative the state has in the U.S. Senate plus the number of representative the state has in the U.S. House of Representatives. The District of Columbia gets 3 electoral votes. Therefore, the total number of electoral votes is 538 - 100 (senators) + 435 (representatives) + 3 (for DC).
Who chooses voters for the electoral college?
the voters of each state and the District of Columbia U. S. citizens "vote for president" in November, they are really voting for a slate of electors who have pledged their support for a particular ticket (a presidential candidate and his/her running mate). On Election Day, the day after the 1st Monday of November, registered voters in all of the states and the District of Columbia go to the polls and vote for their preference for president and vice president. In Maine and Nebraska, two of the electors appointed from each state will be supporters and the presidential and vice presidential candidates who received a simple majority of the votes in the state (the winners of the popular vote in each state), and one elector will be appointed based on the popular vote within each congressional district. In each of the other 48 states and the District of Columbia, all of the electors that the state is allowed to appoint will be supporters of the winners of the popular vote in the state. A simple majority of votes means more votes than anyone else; it does not need to be over 50% like the electoral vote count.
