District of Columbia voting rights | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-05

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District of Columbia voting rights


00:01:25 1 History
00:08:59 2 Arguments for and against
00:09:15 2.1 Consent of the governed
00:11:24 2.2 Constitutional provisions
00:13:29 2.3 Tax arguments
00:17:09 2.4 Political considerations
00:17:49 2.5 Human rights
00:18:20 3 Proposed reforms
00:18:46 3.1 Legislation
00:20:55 3.1.1 Proposals during administration of George W. Bush
00:23:41 3.1.2 Proposal during administration of Barack Obama
00:26:03 3.2 Retrocession
00:28:31 3.3 Amendment process
00:28:55 3.3.1 District of Columbia Voting Rights Amendment
00:29:42 3.3.2 Murkowski proposal
00:30:20 3.4 Statehood
00:32:32 4 Comparison with other federal capitals
00:32:53 4.1 Federal districts and territories
00:34:47 4.2 City-states
00:36:09 4.3 Other cities
00:37:42 5 See also



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Voting rights of citizens in the District of Columbia differ from the rights of citizens in each of the 50 U.S. states. The United States Constitution grants each state voting representation in both houses of the United States Congress. As the U.S. capital, the District of Columbia is a special federal district, not a state, and therefore does not have voting representation in Congress. The Constitution grants Congress exclusive jurisdiction over the District in "all cases whatsoever".
In the United States House of Representatives, the District is represented by a delegate, who is not allowed to vote on the House floor but can vote on procedural matters and in congressional committees. D.C. residents have no representation in the United States Senate. The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution, adopted in 1961, entitles the District to the same number of electoral votes as that of the least populous state in the election of the President and Vice President of the United States.
The District's lack of voting representation in Congress has been an issue since the capital's founding. Numerous proposals have been introduced to change this situation, including legislation and constitutional amendments, returning the District to the state of Maryland, and making the District into a new state. All proposals have been met with political or constitutional challenges and there has been no change in the District's representation in Congress.