Extra Republican Electoral vote in 2008?

[zorkpolitics]

A bill to give DC a full voting member of Congress (ending Taxation without Representation), will also give Utah one more Congressman.  Adding the two new Congressman will avoid tie votes in the House, by likely adding a Democrat from DC and a Republican from Utah.

The net result would be one more electoral vote to Utah, which is almost 100% sure to be Republican.  It will also end the theoretical outcome of a tie in the Electoral College. 
http://kutv.com/topstories/local_story_324180240.html

[zorkpolitics]

I wonder if D.C. would also get another Electoral Vote if Utah received one.

No it would not, DC gets 3 EV as deteremined by the XXIII amendment to the Constitution,  an Act of Congress csn not chage that.  Of course since DC is not a state it has had the privilege of getting 3 EV even though based on its population, it should only get one.

I favor allowing DC residents to vote for MD Senators, a Congressman, and to vote with MD for President, (as they once did in the early 1800s), and repealing the XXIII amendment.  That way DC would get full represenation, get one Congressional seat in MD and thus they would not have any justification for having 3 EV under the XXIII.

Of course this would be a net + 3 EV for Republicans (Republicans +1 in Utah, Democrats -3 inDC, but +1 in MD),

[zorkpolitics]

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"The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several States."

The District of Columbia is not one of the "several States."
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So the legislation could state that the citizens of DC shall be considered residents of the state of MD for the purposes of electing a congressman..