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Celerity

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6. The bill mandates (as required by the Constitution) a small federal enclave remain

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Reply #1)

Sat Jan 30, 2021, 11:49 PM

Jan 2021

around the Capitol and White House. That will be DC.

One problem is the 23rd Amendment guarantees DC 3 electorall college votes, and the only possible legal residents in the new Federal enclave would be tye POTUS and their spouse (if they have one). A seperate law needs to be passed making it illegal to register to vote in the federal enclave OR (much harder) the 23rd Amendment needs to be repealed or modified or a new Amendment passed nullifying it.

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