0
What amendment gives voters rather than state legislators the right to elect senators?
Wiki User
∙ 12y ago
It is stipulated in the body of the Constitution, Article I, Sec. 3, clause 1; it is not an Amendment. Originally, it was the State Legislatures that chose Senators, now it is the people of the State, by direct vote.
Wiki User
∙ 16y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
What did the 16th amendment change?
The seventeenth amendment to the US constitution, which was ratified on May 31, 1913, made it so that senators would be elected directly to the senate by voters. Before this Senators were appointed by the state legislators (Legislators from Delaware would choose the Senators for Delaware etc.). Before this only the representatives were directly elected. The amendment was one of the parts of the platform for the populists and later, the progressives.
What does the 17th amendment have to do with the election?
direct vote for senators by the voters
What happened after the 17th amendment?
Senators are elected directly by the state's voters
Voting method that allowed voters to elect office holders?
The 17th Amendment gave voters the right to elect senators
Who said voters in a state not state legislatures would elect their own senators to Congress.?
The Seventeenth Amendment for A+ -MG
How did the seventeenth amendment to the us constitution give more political power to the individual voter?
The 17th amendment allows voters to elect senators by popular vote. Before this amendment senators were elected by state legislature not the people.
What said voters in a state not state legislatures would elect their own senators to Congress.?
The Seventeenth Amendment for A+ -MG
Said voters in a state not state legislatures would elect their own senators to Congress.?
The Seventeenth Amendment for A+ -MG
The Seventeenth Amendment changed how U.S. Senate positions were filled by?
The 17th amendment changed the way senators were selected. Before the 17th amendment senators were selected by state legislatures, that allowed party bosses too much influence. The 17th amendment allowed voters of each state to directly elect their senators. This amendment gave women the right to vote.
How are members of the Senate elected?
The members of the senate is elected not by the people but by the state legislators each state has two senators making the total number of the senator 100.
How did the seventeenth amendment change the election process?
Prior to the 17th Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1913 a Senator was elected by their home state's house of representatives. The 17th Amendment changed this process making Senators directly electable by the people.
When have Senators been directly elected by the voters?
In the US- since the 17th Amendment went to effect in 1913. Before that, Senators were selected by each state's legislature.
