Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution

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amendment to the United States Constitution constitutional amendment

The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution is the amendment that granted residents of Washington, D.C. the right to participate in presidential elections by allocating them Electoral College votes.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
23rd Amendment	1
Amendment XXIII	1
Twenty-third Amendment	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ constitutional amendment ⓘ
affectsOffice	President of the United States ⓘ Vice President of the United States ⓘ
aimedAt	increasing democratic participation of District of Columbia residents ⓘ
allows	District of Columbia to appoint electors for President and Vice President ⓘ
appliesTo	Washington, D.C. ⓘ residents of the District of Columbia ⓘ
comparedWith	Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ 24th Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ surface form: Twenty-fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
constitutionalCategory	Electoral College amendment ⓘ suffrage amendment ⓘ
constitutionalNumbering	Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Amendment XXIII
containsProvision	Section 1 ⓘ Section 2 ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
effectiveOn	1961-03-29 ⓘ
empowers	Congress to enforce the article by appropriate legislation ⓘ
governs	appointment of presidential electors for the District of Columbia ⓘ
grants	allocation of Electoral College votes to the District of Columbia ⓘ right of residents of Washington, D.C. to participate in presidential elections ⓘ
historicalEra	Cold War ⓘ surface form: Cold War era
jurisdiction	federal elections ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalStatus	in force ⓘ
limits	number of electors for the District of Columbia to no more than the least populous state ⓘ
ordinalNumber	23 ⓘ
partOf	United States Constitution ⓘ
proposedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
proposedOn	1960-06-16 ⓘ
ratifiedOn	1961-03-29 ⓘ
relatedTo	Electoral College reform ⓘ representation of the District of Columbia ⓘ voting rights in the United States ⓘ
sectionCount	2 ⓘ
setsMaximum	three presidential electors for the District of Columbia ⓘ
shortName	Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 23rd Amendment Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Twenty-third Amendment
subject	District of Columbia ⓘ Electoral College ⓘ United States presidential election ⓘ surface form: United States presidential elections voting rights ⓘ
textBegins	"Section 1. The District constituting the seat of Government of the United States shall appoint in such manner as the Congress may direct:" ⓘ
typeOfChange	expansion of suffrage ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Electoral College → constitutionalBasis → Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution → constitutionalNumbering → Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Amendment XXIII

District of Columbia → electoralVotesGrantedBy → Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

24th Amendment to the United States Constitution → precededBy → Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution → shortName → Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Twenty-third Amendment

Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution → shortName → Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: 23rd Amendment