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The 17th Amendment changed the election of Senators from?
The 17th Amendment changed the election of Senators from state legislators. The 17th Amendment elects Senators by popular vote of the constituents.
Prior to the 17th amendment who elected the Senators?
They were chosen by state legislators
Seventeeth amendment proposed?
The 17th amendment made it to where senators were elected by popular vote, not by state legislators.
Which constitutional amendment allows the senators to be elected by the people?
The 17th Amendment adopted in 1913.
What action was necessary to change form the indirect to the direct election of the US senators?
ratification of a constitutional amendment.
How did the passage of the 17th amendment affect senatorial elections?
The 17th amendment took the power for selecting senators from the state legislators and gave it to the populous. This made the senatorial races a direct election instead of an indirect election.
What amendment calls for direct election to senators?
The 17th Amendment to the United States Constitution calls for the direct election of senators. Before its ratification in 1913, senators were chosen by state legislatures. The amendment gives citizens the power to vote directly for their senators in elections.
Who were the senators chosen by before the 17th amendment was adopted?
Before the ratification of the 17th Amendment each state's legislature elected the two U.S. Senators. Direct election of Senators allowed to voting public to vote for the Senators of their choice.
Direct election of senators to Congress occured because of?
Direct election of senators to Congress occurred because of the 17th constitutional amendment.
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 amendment gives voters rather than state legislators the right to elect senators?
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.
Which of the Progressive Constitutional amendments addressed the issue of the election of US senators?
The seventeenth amendment addressed the issue and process of the election of the US senators.
