WASHINGTON (DC News Now) -- The District of Columbia may not be a state, but thanks to the 23rd Amendment of the United States Constitution, it is given three electors and treated like a state for the purposes of the Electoral College. So, what does that mean when it comes to presidential elections? According to the National Archives, D.C. is allotted three Electoral College votes for the 2024 and 2028 presidential elections. DC voter registration: How to register on Election Day The allotment is based on the 2020 Census, as are the allotments for the states, including those in the DMV. Maryland has 10 Electoral College votes, while Virginia is allotted 13. How old is Kamala Harris? How old is Donald Trump? The National Archives explains that all states, except for Maine and Nebraska, have a winner-take-all policy. That means a state looks only at the overall winner of the statewide popular vote.  When it comes to Maine and Nebraska, they appoint individual electors "based on the winner of the popular vote within each Congressional district and then 2 'at-large' electors based on the winner of the overall state-wide popular vote."  You can read more about the Electoral College and the votes that each state has here.