<P> The Twenty - third Amendment ( Amendment XXIII ) to the United States Constitution extends the right to vote in the presidential election to citizens residing in the District of Columbia by granting the District electors in the Electoral College , as if it was a state . The amendment was proposed by the 86th Congress on June 16 , 1960 . Ratification by the requisite 38 of the 50 states was completed on March 29 , 1961 . </P>
who was given the right to vote by the 23rd amendment
citizens residing in the District of Columbia