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Advocates of voting rights legislation claim that Article I, Section 8, Clause 17 (the District Clause), which grants Congress "exclusive" legislative authority over the District, allows the Congress to pass legislation that would grant D.C. voting representation in the Congress. [16] The Twenty-third Amendment says the District is entitled to:
Founded in 1997, the aim of Stand Up! is to achieve total statehood for the District of Columbia, defined by the group as recognition of the District of Columbia's long-standing petition for statehood, complete control of the local budget, with no review or veto by Congress of the District's budget or local laws, its own locally elected or ...
National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights: First such march on Washington drew 75,000–125,000 gay men and lesbians to demand equal civil rights. 1979 – November 9 Iran Hostage Crisis: A sign said "Deport all Iranians" and "Get the hell out of my country". 1980 – March 23 Mobilization Against the Draft and Draft Registration
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Thousands of people marched in DC Civil rights leaders joined by about 70 D.C. statehood activists at Freedom Plaza in Northwest to insist making the District the 51st state is a priority for the national voting rights movement. [12]
May 23—WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed Congressman August Pfluger's legislation by a bipartisan vote of 262-143 to block noncitizens from voting in ...
Photo Illustration by Kelly Caminero/The Daily Beast/GettyFor the first time since the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, Southern state lawmakers can once again redesign election districts ...
During the mid-20th century, there was a renewed push to extend greater voting rights to residents of Washington, D.C. By 1961, the necessary 37 states had successfully ratified the Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution , which extended the District of Columbia the right to vote in presidential elections.