The Twenty-Third Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified on March 29, 1961. It grants residents of the District of Columbia the right to vote in presidential elections. Before this amendment, people living in Washington, D.C., did not have a say in selecting the President or Vice President. The amendment allows D.C. to have electors in the Electoral College, equal to the number of senators and representatives it would have if it were a state. This means that D.C. currently has three electoral votes, ensuring that its residents can participate in the democratic process of choosing the nation's leaders.