An Alternative Solution

At the very least, residents of DC should, under the fundamental principle of " ...Just Power derives from the Consent of the Governed...", be allowed, as are military personnel and (other) expatriates, to participate in developing the national consensus by voting in the State of their choice, whether or not they actually reside there at the moment. Just let them each individually affiliate with a single State at the time of each census, and vote there absentee, during the following decade.


And DC should have the same degree of autonomy that other States have. No state can be compelled to surrender their individual sovereignty absent a constitutional amendment ratified by three fourths of the other states. Similarly, DC should have to submit to the power of Congress on individual issues only when the compelling national interest is such that a three-fourths vote of both houses can demonstrate an overwhelming national consensus that the compelling national interest requires DC to do so.