23rd Amendment
This amendment gives Washington DC representation in the Electoral College.

Full Text

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.

12th Amendment

Past Attempts at Reform

Electoral College Table of Contents
 
July 21st 2008
State's electoral votes may end up playing hard to get
The Brown Daily Herald

The Daily Herald's coverage of the national popular vote push in RI quotes FairVote RI's Ari Savitzky

July 19th 2008
Popular vote does not contradict Founders
South Coast Today

FairVote Rhode Island's Ari Savitzky sets the record straight about the Founders' intentions regarding a national popular vote.

July 15th 2008
Surgery for the Constitution's 'appendix'
The Metrowest Daily News

Editorial calls on Massachusetts legislature to approve the National Popular Vote plan.

July 9th 2008
The push for a popular vote

The Massachusetts House of Representatives is set to vote on the National Popular Vote bill.

July 8th 2008
Chafee joins push for Electoral College reform
The Providence Journal

Former US Sen. Lincoln Chafee is backing the national popular vote plan

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