This is historical material “frozen in time”. The website is no longer updated and links to external websites and some internal pages may not work.

Propose a Constitutional amendment granting the citizens of the District of Columbia full Congressional representation.

Created by J.M. on December 29, 2012

Citizens of the District of Columbia have no voting representatives in Congress. Unlike residents of U.S. territories such as Puerto Rico or Guam, which also have non-voting delegates, citizens of the District of Columbia are subject to all U.S. federal taxes. In the financial year 2007, D.C. residents and businesses paid $20.4 billion in federal taxes; more than the taxes collected from 19 states.
Justice Black described the right to vote as fundamental in Wesberry v. Sanders, 376 U.S. 1 (1964). He wrote, "No right is more precious in a free country than that of having a voice in the election of those who make the laws under which, as good citizens, we must live. Other rights, even the most basic, are illusory if the right to vote is undermined."

Civil Rights & Equality
Return to top