Question

The Twenty-Third Amendment gave residents of the District of Columbia ______________________.

• A. exemption from the income tax
• B. the right to sue the federal government
• C. the right to vote in presidential elections
• D. exemption from property taxes
• E. the right to elect their own Congress

Answer 1

The correct option is C the right to vote in presidential elections

Congress passed the Twenty-Third Amendment on June 16, 1960. The Twenty-Third Amendment gave residents of the District of Columbia the right to vote in presidential elections.