Amendment 23

Section 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.

Section 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

Amendment 24

Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.

Section 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

There is very little trouble understanding these two amendments, though in your second comment you demonstrate one of the remaining problems. There was not a National Guard in existence at the time the 2d amendment was written. An understanding of the times makes it very clear and it is spelled out that the militia was considered all free males from age 15-45. Your mention of the National Guard would mean that a citizen today was not entitled to a weapon unless he was a member of the National Guard. That is counter to the original meaning and purpose of the constitution. Liberals simply don’t like weapons and won’t accept the truth behind the second amendment. They also seem to prefer a cop examining your body at a crime scene instead of asking you, the home owner, why you chose a 9mm when a .45 has more stopping power while you look down at the body of the intruder intent on raping your children. Concerning the 1st amendment, I don’t know any conservatives who don’t understand and support it. It is liberals who choose to interpret the establishment clause in ways that is clearly not shown in the 1st amendment. It is interesting that liberals always want to add interpretations and ideas to clearly worded phrases yet simply overlook what is right in front of them.

the twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution which permits the District of Columbia to choose Electors for President and Vice President.

the Twenty-fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution prohibits both Congress and the states from conditioning the right to vote in federal elections on payment of a poll tax or other types of tax.

23rd Amendment:

Background info: Each state has electors in their electoral college to vote fo President and VP during election time.

The District of Columbia (D.C.) did not, even though D.C.’s population was larger than some of our smaller states – so basically the 23rd Amendment was basically a remedy for this problem.

The 23rd Amendment allowed D.C. to select members to represent D.C. in the Electoral College.

24the Amendment:

Background info: Post-Reconstruction era, some southern states enacted a poll tax before voting in elections. This was a way to prevent poor black and white people from voting (and therefore keeping the rich white in power so to speak).

The 24th amendment was a remedy for this problem. It basically says that for any federal election, Congress and/or the state cannot condition the right to vote (which is a constitutional right) on a poll tax or any other tax.

So, in simpler terms: before any federal election, you have a right to vote. you don’t have to pay to vote.

Hope this offers some clarity!

Kristen K has the exact amendments correct, but here is what they mean>

The electors and number thereof from each state meet after the final voting, in congress, to elect the President of the United States. Each state is given a set number of electors who speak in accordance to the way the people in their state voted. It is archaic but it is in our constitution. And can only be changed via a vote of a majority of the people ina majority of the states.

Amendment 24 means this: No longer can any state (in the south in particuler) use the despicable “poll tax” to exclude poor people or people of color from voting in any election.

This is how the south oppressed so many people in their states and why we fought the civil rights battles of the 60s and 70s (all of us who cared about every American that is, black white brown red and every nationality of American) because we believed opppression was ugly and didn’t deserve the light of day that the southern states was allowing to be shined on it. We fought hard battles in order to put oppression of minorities where it belonged, dead, buried and at last 90 feet underground.

Until that is, it was resurrected by the white people in Jena LA and their white government attorneys and judges.

it was like a kick in the stomach to this 66 year old white woman who fought hard to see that every american regardless of race, creed or religion was allowed to vote.

God will damn them to hell, but in the meantime I am going to shun everyone who agrees with those white crackers trying to destory 40 years of success.