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17th amendment
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What happened after the 17th amendment?
Senators are elected directly by the state's voters
Who elects senator?
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.
How is a us state senator chosen?
They are elected by the voters of their districts.
Have Us senators always been popularly elected?
yes, they are elected by voters. NO - until adoption of the Seventeenth Amendment members of the Senate were "chosen by the legislature" of each respective state.
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.
Who elects congress in the united ststes?
Each congressman is elected by the registered voters in his congressional district. Each Senator is elected by the voters throughout the state.
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 determines your state representative and your state senator?
These people are elected by the voters in their districts.
Before they were elected directly senators were chosen by?
Originally, The Constitution, provided that the Senate was chosen by the State Legislature. But, in 1913, the 17th Amendment was adopted, to which it provides that Senators shall be chosen directly by the voters of the States.
Egyptian presidents are .?
A+ Egyptian presidents are Not Directly elected by the voters
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.
Who elects the Senators of a state?
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.
