| Amendment XXIII |
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| 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. |
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| 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate |
| legislation. |
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