--- title: U.S. Const. Amend. XXIII. District of Columbia Electors collection: code id: us-const:amend-xxiii cite_as: U.S. Const. Amend. XXIII canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/constitution/us/amend-xxiii md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/constitution/us/amend-xxiii.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/constitution/us/amend-xxiii/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/document/docs/default-source/joint-features-document-library/1us-const-(v1)-2025-pdf.pdf?sfvrsn=328b75b8_0#page=1462 date: 2025 status: active corpus_version: 2025-supplement-89aa39ab3c68 license: CC0-1.0 publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice. up: https://georgiacommons.org/constitution/us/index.md previous: https://georgiacommons.org/constitution/us/amend-xxii.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/constitution/us/amend-xxiv.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/code/index.md version: the only printed version in_force: true heading_path: AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION / Amendments --- # U.S. Const. Amend. XXIII. District of Columbia Electors A constitution provision shown as in force is in force as printed in the volume. A court decision can make a printed provision unenforceable without changing the volume, and the volume does not record that. 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. ## Law Reviews For note, “ERA: The Effect of Extending the Time for Ratification on Attempts to Rescind Prior Ratifications,” see 28 Emory L.J. 71 (1979). ## Am. Jur. 2d. 24 Am. Jur. 2d, District of Columbia, § 10.