The 17th amendment resulted in US senators being elected directly by the voting public.
The 17th amendment resulted in senators being elected directly by the voting public.
17th amendment.
The seventeenth amendment changed the way the senators were elected. Initially the senators were elected directly by the people, but after the 17th amendment change, the senators are appointed by the state legislatures.
Senators are elected directly by the state's voters
Directly by the people of each state.
Before the 17th Amendment, members of the House of Representatives were elected directly by the people, but members of the Senate were elected by the individual states' legislatures. However, the 17th Amendment changed the election of Senators from the state legislatures to the people. As a result, senators are now directly elected by the people.
the 17th Amendment is the provision that allows U.S. Senators to be directly elected by a state's population.
The Seventeenth Amendment allowed U.S. Senators to be elected directly by the people.
The state Legislature elected the Senators be for the 17th admendment.
Established that senators were to be elected directly. This law was intended to create a more democratic, fair society.
After the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913, Senators are by law directly elected by the voters in their respective states. Before 1913 it was up to the states to decide how they would choose their Senators. Some were directly elected, some were chosen by State Legislatures.
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.