No proposed Constitution for the State of New Columbia shall take effect as the Constitution of the State of New Columbia until approved by the Congress of the United States and ratified in a referendum by a majority of the registered qualified electors of the District of Columbia voting thereon.
D.C. Code § 1-132
Approval and ratification of Constitution
June 24, 1987, D.C
Official source: D.C. Law Library (Council of the District of Columbia). Reproduced from public-domain District of Columbia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.