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What amendment to the us constitution gave the people the right to elect us senator?
Prior to the 17th Amendment, senators of the U.S Senate were appointed by the state's governor. The 17th Amendment requires that senators be elected by the citizens of the state they represent.
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.
What did the 17th amendment allow to elect their senators not the states lgislative in each state?
the 17th Amendment is the provision that allows U.S. Senators to be directly elected by a state's population.
Seventeeth amendment proposed?
The 17th amendment made it to where senators were elected by popular vote, not by state legislators.
Have senators always been elected by people?
No, they have been elected by the people only since 1913 due to Amendment 17, Sec. 1.
How were senators elected after the 17th amendment?
The state Legislature elected the Senators be for the 17th admendment.
What amendment resualted in senators being elceted directly by the voting public?
Prior to the 17th amendment, senators were appointed by the state governor. Because of the 17th amendment, they are now elected by the citizens of the state.
Amendment 17 of the Constitution changed the?
The 17th Amendment of the Constitution established direct election of United States Senators by popular vote. Prior to this amendment Senators were elected by state legislatures.
Senators are now elected as a result of which amendment?
The 17th amendment
What amendment to the us constitution gave the people the right to elect us senator?
Prior to the 17th Amendment, senators of the U.S Senate were appointed by the state's governor. The 17th Amendment requires that senators be elected by the citizens of the state they represent.
What is the 17th Amendment called?
Senators Elected by Popular Vote.
Which constitutional amendment allows the senators to be elected by the people?
The 17th Amendment adopted in 1913.
Which Amendment resulted in Senators being elected directly by the voting public?
The 17th amendment resulted in senators being elected directly by the voting public.
What did the amendments change?
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.
What happened after the 17th amendment?
Senators are elected directly by the state's voters
Which amendment allows for the direct election of senators by the people?
The Seventeenth Amendment allowed U.S. Senators to be elected directly by the people.
Which amendment resulted in U.S. senators being elected directly by the voting public the 18th Amendment the 19th Amendment the 17th Amendment the 21st Amendment?
17th amendment.
