"The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures. When vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority of such State shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies: Provided, that the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct. This amendment shall not be so construed as to affect the election or term of any Senator chosen before it becomes valid as part of the Constitution."
The Seventeenth Amendment an established direct election of United States Senators by popular vote. Each state gets two senators and they get elected by the people of the state and then appointed by the state legislature. They also only get elected for six years and if someone leaves before there term is up then the governor of their state will choose someone to fill the position.
I chose this picture because voting does matter and this is showing a lot of sarcasim. Because of this amendment voters get to vote for senators that will actually represtent them in what they believe in. The 17th amendment is a way that the voter actually gets his vote to count and mean something.
This video makes a lot of reasoning to why we need to repeal the 17th amendment but I do not think that would be a good idea. For one I just do not believing in taking anything away and I think that the 17th amendment is our last means to direct democracy and I do not think that would be a reason to get rid of it.
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