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	Voting rights in the District of Columbia - Congresspedia
		Granting the District a vote in the House of Representatives was a goal of the Democratic leaders of the House during the 110th Congress.
		It was approved on March 2, 1978 with a vote of 289-127, and was later passed by the Senate on August 22, 1978 with a vote of 67-32.
		Each would allow District residents, for the purpose of representation in Congress and the election of the president and vice president, to be treated as citizens of, and vote in federal elections in the state of Maryland.
	www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Voting_rights_in_the_District_of_Columbia (2461 words)

	District of Columbia Voting Rights Amendment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The District of Columbia Voting Rights Amendment was presented to the state legislatures for consideration by the 95th Congress in the form of House Joint Resolution No. 554, offered by California Democrat Don Edwards.
		Ultimately, the District of Columbia Voting Rights Amendment failed because it was not ratified by the legislatures of at least 38 U.S. states when the August 22, 1985, deadline—specified in the text of the proposed Amendment itself (fourth and final section)—had arrived.
		In 1980, voters in the District of Columbia approved a call for a local constitutional convention to be prepared for a new state, to be called New Columbia.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/District_of_Columbia_Voting_Rights_Amendment (740 words)

	District of Columbia voting rights - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Whether or not that is true, it is clear that the granting of voting rights would result in a clear benefit to Democrats and a corresponding disadvantage to Republicans; for example, 89% of D.C. voters supported the Democrat John Kerry in the 2004 presidential election, a higher percentage than any state mustered for either candidate.
		In anticipation of the amendment's ratification, in 1980 District voters approved the call of a Constitutional Convention to draft a proposed state constitution, just as U.S. territories in the late 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries had done prior to their admission as states.
		The original District of Columbia was formed out of parts of both Maryland and Virginia, and from 1790 until 1801 citizens living in D.C. continued to vote for, and even run as, candidates for the U.S. Congress in Maryland or Virginia.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/District_of_Columbia_voting_rights (1908 words)

	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.
		In this act, the jurisdiction and territorial government came to be called the District of Columbia, thus combining the governments of Georgetown, the City of Washington and the County of Washington.
	www.narpac.org /ITXDCHIS.HTM (1635 words)

	Human Rights Brief - Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law - Washington College of Law
		The denial of one person-one vote representation in Congress to Washingtonians is doubly pernicious because Congress acts as both a national and a state legislature for the District of Columbia.
		On this theory, a citizen's right to vote and be represented depends on his or her choosing to belong to--and reside on the actual land of--a state.
		Without a vote, District residents are unable to influence congressional decisions and procedures that directly affect the District, and they lack the legislative representation needed to influence laws passed by Congress that govern their daily lives.
	www.wcl.american.edu /hrbrief/06/2dcvoting.cfm (2448 words)

	Civil Liberties - FCNL
		Urge your senators to support legislation to give the District of Columbia residents a vote in the U.S. House.
		District of Columbia residents pay federal income taxes but don't have a say in the laws that Congress passes.
		The DC House Voting Rights Act would give the District of Columbia voting representation on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives.
	www.fcnl.org /civil_liberties (221 words)

	Petition for Redress of Grievances (Voting Rights Petition), July 2, 1998
		We the citizens of the District of Columbia are entitled to the rights the Constitution guarantees, and we are certainly a part of the people of whom Lincoln so movingly spoke.
		Denial of the right to vote is contrary to the principles of democratic consent and representative government.
		District residents who are American citizens bear all of the burdens of citizenship, including taxation and military service, but are currently denied their key right of voting representation in Congress.
	www.dcwatch.com /issues/98-07-02.htm (3864 words)

	Understanding Your Voting Rights
		Because this guarantee has been threatened in the past, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was enacted to ensure that no one could prevent any citizen from freely exercising their right to vote.
		The prohibition against discrimination in voting is a permanent one, and no citizen is in danger of losing his or her right to vote.
		The Civil Rights Acts of 1957, 1960, and 1964 attempted to address the racial discrimination that was plaguing this country, and included provisions for securing and protecting the right to vote.
	www.oag.state.ny.us /family/kids/crime/voting.html (1937 words)

	District of Columbia Government News - Page 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The proposal adopted by the District of Columbia City Council to give rehabilitated ex-cons a special protected status under the law in DC strangely seems to be staying under the radar of most of our nation's...
		Last week a case was argued in the District of Columbia that could have an enormous impact on the future of gun regulation In Parker v.
		District of Columbia, gun rights advocates are challenging the District's...
	www.topix.net /state/dc-gov/page2 (1052 words)

	CCC Documents: Congressional Record Statement by Rep Dana Rohrabacher (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		My bill would restore the Federal rights of Maryland citizenship that were taken away from the District of Columbia residents over 200 years ago by an Act of Congress, the Organic Act of 1801.
		Those rights included the right to vote for and to be elected as and to serve as U.S. senators, U.S. representatives and presidential electors from Maryland.
		In addition to restoring congressional voting rights, the VRRA also restores Maryland citizenship rights to be a candidate for, and to serve as, U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator, and presidential elector from Maryland.
	washingtonmd.org /Rohrabacher.htm (793 words)

	Common Cause Blog :: DC
		The people of the District of Columbia shouldn't have to wait another minute, let alone another month, to get the full voting representation in government that is their due as Americans.
		A bill to give the District a vote in the House of Representatives is pending, but for reasons that are as unclear as they are unacceptable, it may not be brought to a vote.
		The Department of Justice is sueing the city of Springfield, Massachusetts, for denying equal voting rights to minority citizens.
	www.commonblog.com /tag/DC (1404 words)

	Status Report
		While the initiative was touted by the DOJ as a means of preventing fraud and enforcing voting rights laws, civil rights advocates were skeptical that resources would be directed towards ensuring voter access to the polls.
		Senate passage of the Equal Protection of Voting Rights Act of 2001 (S. 565) met with mixed reviews from the civil rights community, one of the largest proponents of election reform in the wake of the 2000 election debacle.
		It was opposed by a majority of civil rights organizations because it lacked sufficient provisions regarding accessibility issues for language minorities and the disabled, purge protections and measures to prevent voter disenfranchisement, among other concerns.
	www.civilrights.org /issues/voting/status_report.html (715 words)

	H.R. 190 (ih) To restore the Federal electoral rights of the residents of the District of Columbia, and for other ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Residents of other Federal enclaves, though also denied voting rights after becoming subject to exclusive Federal jurisdiction, have had restored their right to vote for and serve as elected Federal officials from their respective States which ceded the Federal enclaves to the United States.
		The portion of the original District of Columbia ceded to the United States by the Commonwealth of Virginia was returned to the authority of that state in 1846, and the people who now reside in that area vote as citizens of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
		(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the right of the people of the District of Columbia to be eligible to participate in elections for electors of President and Vice President, and to serve as such electors as Maryland residents in accordance with the laws of the State of Maryland, is hereby restored.
	www.washingtonwatchdog.org /documents/cong_bills/109/h/h109_190ih.html (1757 words)

	U.S. Voting Rights
		It gives former slaves the right to vote and protects the voting rights of adult male citizens of any race.
		To get around this, states add grandfather clauses that allow those who could vote before 1870, or their descendants, to vote regardless of literacy or tax qualifications.
		Blumstein, the Supreme Court declares that lengthy residence requirements for voting in state and local elections is unconstitutional and suggests that 30 days is an ample period.
	www.factmonster.com /timelines/voting.html (643 words)

	District of Columbia Sued for Voting Rights Discrimination (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The Fourteenth Amendment, which guarantees all citizens the right to equal protection of the laws, protects the right to vote in secrecy.
		Many states have laws guaranteeing the right to vote in secret, which means that it is now unjustifiable to deny large numbers of people with disabilities that right.
		All are regular voters in the district and those with visual impairments are required to trust a friend, family member or stranger to help cast their ballots in accordance to their wishes.
	www.tilrc.org /docs/0901dcvote.htm (659 words)

	Left Raids Treasury, Pushes DC Statehood by Marion Edwyn Harrison (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		District of Columbia local politicians, overwhelmingly Democratic, as is the local electorate, espouse the same cause continually, as though the cause had merit and responsible people in the 50 States were paying attention.
		Originally the District was 100 square miles, 10 miles square, the majority of its area ceded to the Federal Government by the State of Maryland, the balance (across the Potomac River) ceded by Virginia.
		The concept of “Washington” as a city, then as now geographically co-terminus with the District of Columbia, simply was the name to be accorded the District, honoring, of course, the First President, who, dying in 1799, never lived in the District nor saw it (in 1801) become the fledgling Capitol.
	www.theconservativevoice.com /article/20323.html (1561 words)

	Voting Rights Act 1965
		The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a significant piece of legislation that guarantees the right to vote to racial, ethnic and language minority citizens.
		Because the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was the most significant statutory change in the relationship between the federal and state governments in the area of voting since the Reconstruction period following the Civil War, it was immediately challenged in the courts.
		This affirmed the broad range of voting practices for which preclearance was required.
	www.diversity.msu.edu /mlk/voting-1.html (376 words)

	District of Columbia Voting Rights Restoration Act of 2005
		H. To restore the Federal electoral rights of the residents of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.
		To restore the Federal electoral rights of the residents of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.
		`(1) The voting age population of the State of Maryland shall be considered to include the voting age population of the District of Columbia for purposes of sections 101(d)(4) and 252(b).
	www.theorator.com /bills109/hr190.html (2326 words)

	People For the American Way
		Both in Florida and across the country, millions of Americans were denied their right to vote in the November 2000 election.
		The Act is being introduced by the District of Columbia's non-voting delegate to Congress, Eleanor Holmes Norton, and would require full voting representation in the U.S. House and Senate on behalf of District of Columbia residents.
		Citizens of the District of Columbia pull more than their fair share of civic responsibility by providing critical skills that enable government to function effectively, serving in the nation's military in times of war, and paying nearly $3 billion in federal income taxes each year.
	www.commondreams.org /news2002/0501-09.htm (423 words)

	The Constitution and the District of Columbia
		In 1846, the Virginia portion of the original territory of Columbia, encompassing Old Town Alexandria and Arlington County, was "retroceded" by Congress to the Commonwealth.
		In 2000, the courts rejected a series of arguments suggesting that the District's inhabitants were, on various constitutional and policy grounds, entitled to voting representation in Congress without an amendment.
		The Constitution and Voting Representation for the District of Columbia by Nathaniel Ward
	www.heritage.org /Research/LegalIssues/wm1404.cfm (1056 words)

	Voting Rights
		The case is brought not only on behalf of parolees and probationers who are being denied the right to vote, but also on behalf of the entire fl and Hispanic population of New Jersey for dilution of their vote and their ability to influence the political process.
		New Jersey law is clear: To deny a fundamental right (such as voting) to a protected class (racial minorities), the state bears a very heavy burden of demonstrating a compelling state interest.
		Sixteen states and the District of Columbia restore voting rights to all felons once released from incarceration.
	www.rci.rutgers.edu /~askin/voting.html (1553 words)

	MetaDC: voting rights Archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		DCist has a story up reporting that a California Republican is introducing legislation in the House that would grant DC the right to lobby on behalf of its own quest for voting rights.
		This law actually isn't as bad as those of several states that deny the right to vote to convicted felons on a permanent basis.
		The House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution is holding hearings on the Davis/Holmes-Norton bill to grant DC a vote in the House of Representatives.
	metadish.com /dc/news/voting-rights (2226 words)

	Daily Herald - The politics of redistricting
		In anticipation of a federal law granting Utah its fourth congressional seat a few years early in return for giving the District of Columbia a vote in the House of Representatives, the Legislature is drawing up maps showing how a fourth district could be created.
		We don't need to be a party to the constitutionally dubious move of giving the District of Columbia full voting rights in the House, especially since that vote will most certainly be from the political left-wing.
		The drawing of congressional districts is one area that should have equal input from the two major parties.
	www.heraldextra.com /content/view/201278 (802 words)

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