When the 23rd Amendment was passed, it gave voting rights to residents of Washington, DC. Why were they excluded from all of the previous amendments that gave voting rights?

A.
Only politicians were allowed to live in Washington, DC. Previously, people in government were not allowed to vote for themselves.
B.
Washington, DC is not a part of a state; the original Constitution says that only the residents of states were eligible to vote for president.
C.
Washington, DC did not have a large enough population to be eligible to vote.
D.
Before the amendment, it was thought that it was not a good idea to give people who lived so close to the president the right to vote for the president.

d?

Right.

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The correct answer is B. Washington, DC is not a part of a state; the original Constitution says that only the residents of states were eligible to vote for president.

To understand why residents of Washington, DC were excluded from the previous amendments that gave voting rights, let's take a closer look at the history and structure of Washington, DC.

Washington, DC is a federal district, not a part of any U.S. state. It was established as the capital of the United States by the Constitution of the United States in 1787. The Founding Fathers wanted to create a neutral and independent capital that was not tied to any specific state. As a result, the residents of Washington, DC did not have the same voting rights as residents of states.

In the original Constitution, only residents of states were eligible to vote for president. This meant that even though residents of Washington, DC were U.S. citizens, they did not have the right to vote in presidential elections or have voting representation in Congress.

The 23rd Amendment, which was ratified in 1961, changed this situation. It granted residents of Washington, DC the right to vote in presidential elections and gave them representation in the Electoral College. This was done to ensure that the residents of the capital, who are directly affected by federal policies, have a voice in the selection of the president.

So, in summary, residents of Washington, DC were excluded from previous amendments that gave voting rights because they were not considered residents of a state. The 23rd Amendment was passed to rectify this and grant them voting rights in presidential elections.

No.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-third_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution

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