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The Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified on April 8, 1913. It said that United States Senators would now be directly elected by popular vote.
It’s the only constitutional amendment that has significantly changed the structure of Congress as written in the original Constitution.
It took the power to appoint Senators from the state legislatures and gave that power directly to the voters in each state.
The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures.
When vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority of such State shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies: Provided, That the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct.
This amendment shall not be so construed as to affect the election or term of any Senator chosen before it becomes valid as part of the Constitution.
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