23rd
Amendment
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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.
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