23rd Amendment

Passed by Congress June 16, 1960. Ratified March 29, 1961.

Section 1.
The District constituting the seat of Government of the United States shall appoint in such manner as 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.

Breakdown...

Basic Meaning:
Washington DC may appoint and may have as many electors in the Electoral College as if it were a state. The smallest state has three electoral votes and the 23rd amendment limits DC from having more votes than any other state, regardless of the DC population.
The status and position of these electors is equivalent to other electors.
The 12th amendment provides for the creation of the Electoral College and those electors selected for DC under the 23rd amendment will be expected to carry out that same responsibilities.
Congress has the responsibility to ensure that the provisions of the 23rd amendment are enforced and DC has its electoral votes applied to subsequence presidential elections.

More Basically-The Electoral College, in 1787, granted votes only to states. Until 1961, people who lived in the District of Columbia weren't able to vote for president. The 23rd Amendment gave DC residents a number of presidential electors (3) equal to those of the least populous state.

The 23rd Amendment:

• Amended Article 2 section 2, president seeks out council of States.
• Washington DC is allowed 3 electoral votes (it is not considered to be a state).
• The 23rd amendment may end in the event that DC residents get their voting rights.
• Extends the right to vote in the presidential election to citizens residing in the District of Columbia by granting the District electors in the Electoral College, as if it were a state. 

This image depicts a shiny promise of Democracy that hangs above the Capitol, while a voice from inside basically says voting rites for DC is ridiculous and a man appears to have been thrown out with the trash his proposed amendment (referring to the 1970's when an amendment was proposed to allow Washington to be viewed as a State was disregarded) thrown out with him, he holds up an American flag relating to his American citizenship, and has a sign around his neck that says "DC Votes". This promise of Democracy is a contradiction due to the fact that Washington D.C. is a city that is larger than 12 states, but does not have a house or senate representative.

This video is a simple entertaining 6 min informative lecture on the 23rd Amendment, and how Washington DC does not have a voice in the government. They also bring up the proposed amendment of the 1970's requesting Washington to be viewed as a State, especially due to it's large size. I do believe this to be a sort of segregation.