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Which amendment to the US Constitution outlines the process for electing US senators?

17th


What amendment sets Congressmen's term limits?

There is no such amendment. US Senators and Representatives do not have term limits.


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 amendment lets people elect senators?

The 17th Amendment calls for citizens of the state to elect their state senators. Before the 17th Amendment, the state governor would appoint the senators.


What amendment resulted in U.S. senators being elected directly by the voting public?

The 17th amendment resulted in US senators being elected directly by the voting public.


What is the purpose of the 17th amendment?

the 17th amendment effects us today by making the government work more smothly. The 17th amendment changed the way US Senators were seated from selected by State Legistaures to popular voting system.


Could congress pass a law that would reduce the number of senators from the state of Rhode Island to one?

The number of senators per state is a provision of the US constitution and it therefore can only be changed by a constitutional amendment. Congress would be able to propose such an amendment, if it wished to do so, but the amendment would have to be ratified by the state legislatures before it would become part of the constitution.


Who did the Framers entrust the selection of US senators to?

Senators were chosen by the legislatures of the various states. Article 1 Section 1 Clause 1. This was changed in 1913, by the 17th Amendment, which provided that Senators would be chosen by the people in the same way the Representatives were.


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.


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 amendment provided for the direct election of the us senate?

The 17th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution requires popular election of U.S. Senators.


How many STATE senators are there How many US senators are there?

2 state senators and there are 100 us senators 2 for every state