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This changed with the Twenty-Third Amendment (or official change) to the U.S. Constitution, which is the country's most important legal document.
由于美國憲法（該國最重要的法律文件）的第23條修正案（或正式的改變），這一情況發生了變化。
So now DC residents can vote in the presidential elections.
因此，現在的特區居民能在總統選舉中投票。
Most DC residents think it is unfair (or not right) that they do not have representation in Congress.
大多數的特區居民認為，他們在國會中沒有代表是不公平的（或不合理的）。
They believe that all U.S. citizens should have representation, and they have turned to U.S. history (or looked to U.S. history) to find support for their argument.
他們認為所有的美國公民都應該有代表，他們翻閱美國歷史（或查閱美國歷史）來找到他們論點的依據。
When North America was still a British colony, or land that belonged to Great Britain, people argued that taxation without representation, or having to pay money to the British government when they had no representation in it, was unfair.
當北美洲還是英國殖民地，或屬于大不列顛的土地時，人們認為“納稅卻無代表”，或當他們在英國政府中沒有代表時，卻還要向它納稅，是不公平的。
Today DC residents use that same phrase, taxation without representation, to make the same argument.
如今，特區的居民也用“納稅卻無代表”這句話來做出同樣的論斷。
The phrase even appears (or is shown) on DC license plates, which are the flat, rectangular pieces of metal with letters and numbers on the front and back of cars and trucks, showing that the car is registered with the government.
這句話甚至出現在了（呈現在了）特區的車牌上，也就是懸掛在汽車和卡車前后的扁平矩形金屬片，它上面印有數字和字母，表明這輛車子在政府那作了登記。
In the United States, each state has its own license plate.
在美國，每個州都有自己的車牌。
The one in DC says "taxation without representation" to remind people (or make them remember) that they think the situation is unfair.
特區車牌上印有“納稅卻無代表”這句話來提醒人們（或讓人們記?。┧麄冋J為這一情形是不公平的。
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