Amend. XXIII, § 2

Power to enforce the Twenty-third Amendment

Power Voting & Elections Amend. XI–XXVII · Later Amendments

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

Proposal and ratification: This amendment was proposed by the Eighty-sixth Congress on June 17, 1960 and was declared by the Administrator of General Services on April 3, 1961, to have been ratified by 38 of the 50 States. was completed on March 29, 1961.

Simplified explanation

Congress has power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.