Can people vote in Washington DC for the President?
404102
Yes, they can. However, as the President is elected by electoral votes (which are determined by a state's population), all of the people residing there actually only get one vote. How's that for fair?
836830
its not in a state, Washington DC is its very own little world, kind of similar to Vatican City in Italy.\n\nWashington DC is located on the border of Virgina and Pa.
310245
We still vote in the USA we are not a dictatorship. We also have a president that is willing (no matter what kind of crap is thrown his way) to stand up for our democracy and others. Think about not being able to leave the country, have any control over who you work for, or be able to vote.
219262
Washington DC area- I think Virginia
639465
Because the city is Washington and it's in the District of Columbia, which was created out of land donated by Maryland to house the national capital.  DC is not part of any state.
371283
The District of Columbia—identical with the city of Washington—is the capital of the United States. It is located between Virginia and Maryland on the Potomac River. The district is named after Columbus.\n\nDC history began in 1790 when Congress directed selection of a new capital site, 100 sq mi, along the Potomac. When the site was determined, it included 30.75 sq mi on the Virginia side of the river. In 1846, however, Congress returned that area to Virginia, leaving the 68.25 sq mi ceded by Maryland in 1788. The seat of government was transferred from Philadelphia to Washington on Dec. 1, 1800, and President John Adams became the first resident in the White House.\n\nThe city was planned and partly laid out by Maj. Pierre Charles L'Enfant, a French engineer. This work was perfected and completed by Maj. Andrew Ellicott and Benjamin Banneker, a freeborn black man who was an astronomer and mathematician. In 1814, during the War of 1812, a British force burned the capital including the White House.\n\nUntil Nov. 3, 1967, the District of Columbia was administered by three commissioners appointed by the president. On that day, a government consisting of a mayor-commissioner and a 9-member council, all appointed by the president with the approval of the Senate, took office. On May 7, 1974, the citizens of the District of Columbia approved a Home Rule Charter, giving them an elected mayor and 13-member council—their first elected municipal government in more than a century. The district also has one nonvoting member in the House of Representatives and an elected Board of Education.\n\nOn Aug. 22, 1978, Congress passed a proposed constitutional amendment to give Washington, DC, voting representation in the Congress. The amendment had to be ratified by at least 38 state legislatures within seven years to become effective. It died in 1985. A petition asking for the district's admission to the Union as the 51st state was filed in Congress on Sept. 9, 1983, and new statehood bills were introduced in 1993. The district is continuing this drive for statehood.\n\nThe federal government and tourism are the mainstays of the city's economy, and many unions, business, professional, and nonprofit organizations are headquartered there. Among the city's many educational institutions are the Catholic University of America, Georgetown University, Howard University, and Gallaudet University. Cultural attractions include the National Gallery of Art, the Smithsonian Institution, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and the Folger Shakespeare Library\n\n\nAlternatively you could go to the websites below for more information
1076443
No... \n\nYou get to "vote" between two very closely related sides of the business party.  Basically tweedledee and tweedledum.  \n\nWe cannot elect a President from our own class, or even close.  \n\nWe have no say in State Department decisons or the CIA actions which affect most of the global situations that our so-called"democracy" engages in.  \n\nOur politicians reply to us with form letters.  Will not take questions.  There are no town meetings and people are apathetic.\n\nThis is why politics from above, the concerns of the Government are not the concerns of the People.  We need to look below, issues like health care, child care, wages, environmental protections, human rights... are all politics form below, tha tis what people care about... we need to look at these issues outside of the politically corrupt system, make decisions for ourselves, create alternatives and force the Government (as we always have had to) to do what we want.  \n\nWe need to take the power back. \n\nPeople in the USA seem to be far from this realizaion, because politicians always co-opt any form of progressive change with their lies and slogans, and people here go for it time and again.  In a few months we will see it happen... then again before the election in 08, Hillary will throw a bone to the anti-war people, or the immigrants rights people then she will be seen as a leftist candidate, when she is no more left than Jeb Bush or the current King George II\n\nInternational politics can teach all Americans a lesson, but we may be too brainwashed to learn them... \n\nwho knows.
895856
You can certainly vote in all general elections. Each state has its own rules for primaries.
804116
Your question needs some clarification, I think.\n\nCongressmen and Senators are elected, not appointed by the President.\n\nLocal STATE representatives(Congressmen/Senators)  get sent to their STATE capitols and US Reps get sent to Washington, DC after they have been elected by the ELECTORATE, which is YOU, the voter.\n\nYour right to vote is guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution. \n\n*** Let Freedom Ring\n\nHappy Thanksgiving.
1024959
Yes, you certainly can write him a letter.  Here is the mailing address for the White House:\n\nThe White House\n1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW\nWashington, DC 20500
4782
People everywhere cannot be discriminated against when going to vote (for federal positions).  It also provides for equal right to accommodations in restaurants and hotels, as well as provides for equal opportunity for rights to housing.
1180191
No. This is not true. In order to vote in the USA, you must be a registered voter and show proof at the polls.
131624
Election for President of the United States and Vice President of the United States is indirect, for which voting takes place every four years on Election Day. Although ballots typically list the names of the presidential candidates, voters within the 50 states and the District of Columbia actually choose electors when they vote for President and Vice President. These presidential electors in turn cast the official votes for those two offices.\n\nIn most states and in the District of Columbia, the plurality winner of the popular vote for President within that state receives all of the state's electors, while all other candidates receive none. Only in Maine and Nebraska does the election follow a model more closely based on Congressional Elections: For each congressional district in those two states, the plurality winner of that district receives one district elector ("Representative-like" elector, so to speak), while the two at-large electors ("Senator-like" electors) are given to the plurality winner of the whole state. This method has been used in Maine since 1972 and Nebraska since 1996, though neither has ever split its electoral votes.\n\nEach state's electors meet in their respective state capitals in December, 41 days following the election, at which time they cast their electoral votes. Thus the Electoral College never meets as one body. The electoral votes are then sealed and sent to the President of the Senate (i.e. the sitting Vice President of the United States), who retains them until the new Congress convenes in January. At that time, the votes are opened and counted in the presence of both houses of Congress. The candidate who receives a majority of electoral votes for President becomes President, and the candidate who receives a majority of electoral votes for Vice President becomes Vice President.\n\nIf no candidate for President receives an absolute electoral majority, then the new House of Representatives is required to go into session immediately to vote for President. In this case, the House of Representatives chooses from the three candidates who received the most electoral votes. The House votes en-bloc by state for this purpose (that is, one vote per state, which is determined by the majority decision of the delegation from that state; if a state delegation is evenly split that state is considered as abstaining). This vote would be repeated if necessary until one candidate receives the votes of more than half the state delegations—at least 26 state votes, given the current number, 50, of states in the union.\n\nIf no candidate for Vice President receives an absolute majority of electoral votes, then the United States Senate must do the same, with the top two vote getters for that office as candidates. The Senate votes in the normal manner in this case, not by States. It is unclear if the sitting Vice President would be entitled to cast his usual tie-breaking vote if the Senate should be evenly split on the matter.\n\nIf the House of Representatives has not chosen a winner in time for the inauguration (noon on January 20), then the Constitution of the United States specifies that the new Vice President becomes Acting President until the House selects a President. If the winner of the Vice Presidential election is not known by then either, then under the Presidential Succession Act of 1947, the Speaker of the House of Representatives would become Acting President until the House selects a President or the Senate selects a Vice President.\n\nIt is unclear what would happen if a President has been selected but the Senate remains deadlocked on a Vice President past Inauguration Day. On the one hand, the Twelfth Amendment specifies that the Senate should choose the Vice President, and it does not admit of a time limit on the selection process. On the other hand, the Twenty-Fifth Amendment allows the President to nominate a Vice President if a vacancy should occur.\n\nAs of 2006,
861246
Yes it is possible. If no one gets the required electorial votes to win president but does have "the most" they could still lose the election once it enters the House of Representatives. This is very unlikely in our two party system but if we had a strong third party it is very possible.
193837
First in the early days of this country we only had 13 states and where Washington, D.C. is located it fits into the center of what the country was then.  They wanted to build a Capital City so that it would be a city that was built with the express purpose of being the Capital of the New Country.  The Capital had been previously placed in New York City and in Philadelphia.  The capital was placed into an area that was on the Border of Maryland and Virginia and was Named the District Of Columbia, it bordered the two states however was not part of either one.  The City became the Capital in 1800 when John Adams was president.  The city has no representatives in Congress, it does however have 3 Electoral Votes for Presidential elections.  While Washington the City has it's own City Government the District Of Columbia falls under Federal Law.
149450
Absolutely you can and you should. You can go the www.whitehouse.gov and click on the president/email and type away. They do read the e-mails. Also you can write to President George W. Bush\n             1616 Pennsylvania Avenue\n             Washington, DC  20001.  I am glad to see you are involved. Also state your concerns to your State Senators and representives both in Washington and in your own state.
1062077
How about never!  This will never happen because of the good ol' boy network.  You know you scratch my back I'll scratch yours scenario.  Washington is full of people that are money hungry and I think they have lost the heart of the people.  In my opinion there's only a handfull, 10% maybe,  that are real politician that do not forget who put them in office and stand up for right!