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| | HISTORY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA | NARPAC, Inc. REPRINTS |
 | | District residents won the right to vote in a presidential election on March 29, 1961, to elect a board of education in 1968 and, in 1970, to elect a non-voting delegate to the House of Representatives. |
 | | In 1980, District voters approved a statehood initiative by a majority of 60 percent; delegates to a statehood constitutional convention were elected in 1981 and, in 1983, a bill for the admission of the state of New Columbia was introduced in Congress. |
 | | A seal and motto, "Justitia Omnibus" (Justice for All), are adopted for the District of Columbia. |
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