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NYC Liberal

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4. The 23rd Amendment gives 3 electoral votes to the federal district.

Reply to groundloop (Reply #3)

Thu May 13, 2021, 10:53 PM

May 2021

The DC statehood bill shrinks the federal district to only federally owned land. So if the bill passes, the federal district would still have its electoral votes, but the only people living there would be the president and his family. So one family would decide 3 electoral votes.

The 'tweak' is an amendment to the statehood bill to give the 3 electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote rather than having a 'popular vote' of 2-3 people in the federal district.

(And the bill already has language calling for the repeal of the 23rd Amendment but that will take longer.)

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White House discussing tweaks to D.C. statehood bill to 'allay concerns' in Senate [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2021 OP

If Republicans don't like statehood bucolic_frolic May 2021 #1

What does Moscow Mitch want? That D.C. residents only count as 3/5 of a person? keithbvadu2 May 2021 #2

What 'tweaks' can the possibly make.... either DC becomes a state or it doesn't. groundloop May 2021 #3

The 23rd Amendment gives 3 electoral votes to the federal district. NYC Liberal May 2021 #4

Tweaking those 3 EV's would certainly trigger a court challenge Polybius May 2021 #5

The 23rd Amendment allows Congress to decide how the district's electors are chosen: NYC Liberal May 2021 #6

But wouldn't that go by the board if D.C. became a state... regnaD kciN May 2021 #7

The 23rd Amendment gives electoral votes to the "district constituting the seat of government." NYC Liberal May 2021 #8

Do the president and family vote in DC? Or do they vote in their home state? JustABozoOnThisBus May 2021 #10

If they were able to get three free ev's I'm sure... reACTIONary May 2021 #12

Excellent. All the best to them. nt Hekate May 2021 #9

Here is the WaPo link... reACTIONary May 2021 #11