LWV of the District of Columbia. (Leagues in Action).With full support from the LWV LWV abbr. League of Women Voters of the District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). , the mayor signed legislation to move the District's presidential primary election to January13, 2004. The purpose is to publicize the lack of voting representation in Congress for the 570,000 District citizens. A national survey confirms that only 52 percent of U.S. college graduates are aware of the District's disenfranchisement dis·en·fran·chise tr.v. dis·en·fran·chised, dis·en·fran·chis·ing, dis·en·fran·chis·es To disfranchise. dis (a violation of the UN Universal Declaration on Human Rights). |
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