Question about DC

[Massacure]

If I remember correctly, Washington D.C. isn't a in any state, correct? If this is true, when someone in DC votes, how is it worked?

[ThomWV]

1. Welcome To The National Disgrace

Can you say home rule?

[many a good man]

2. Its shadowy

DC gets three electoral votes and that's it. They have a "delegate" to Congress and a "shadow" senator, but they can't vote. Oh, and Congress has total control of the city budget and many other powers over the municipal government. The DC government issues license plates with the slogan "No Taxation Without Representation."

[montanacowboy]

3. DC is not a state

they do not have representation in Congress (i.e. vote) they have a Delegate in the House, Eleanor Holmes Norton who cannot vote

DC has approximately 600-700,000 residents who do not have a voice in Congress...ergo, taxation without representation

Of course if they did give them the vote, it would most like be Democratic - and the rest you can figure out

[Ready4Change]

4. DC Gov also shoots its citizens in the foot.

Figuratively, that is. In their insistence that DC become it's own state (Which isn't likely to happen anytime soon, if ever) they deny any chance of the residential parts of DC being incorporated into the surrounding states (MD, VA). But, that government wants increased power for itself (via statehood) more than it wants it's citizens to get any form of representation.