The District of Columbia (Washington, D

question 25

Multiple Choice

The District of Columbia (Washington, D.C.) does not lie within a state; therefore, in the U.S. Constitution its citizens did not originally have a vote for president nor did they have any electoral votes. How was this changed in 1961 to allow residents of the District to cast votes for president?

• A) The citizens of the District of Columbia held violent protests and government officials succumbed.
• B) The District of Columbia became a state and then assumed the right to extend voting privileges to its citizens.
• C) The U.S. Constitution was amended to include the District of Columbia in the electoral college.
• D) The District of Columbia's representatives in the U.S. House and Senate introduced legislation to make the change.
• E) A federal law was created that extended the right to vote.

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