The Constitution of the United States: Amendment 17 (Seventeenth Amendment – Senators Elected by Popular Vote)
The Constitution of the United States: Amendment 17 (17th Amendment)
Amendment XVII. (Senators Elected by Popular Vote)
Passed by Congress May 13, 1912. Ratified April 8, 1913.
Note: Article I, section 3, of the Constitution was modified by the 17th amendment.
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.
More
- The Constitution of the United States: Amendments 11-27, from The National Archives
- Seventeenth Amendment – CRS Annotated Constitution
- Seventeenth Amendment – Wikipedia
- Seventeenth Amendment – Findlaw
- Instruction and Recall
- Election Capitol Hill Workshop
- “7 stages of the office seeker“
- Mid-Term Election
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- Senatorial Courtesy
- “Beginning and End of the Terms of United States Senators Chosen to Fill Senate Vacancies,” CRS Report R41031
- “Term Limits for Members of Congress: State Activity,” CRS Report 96-152
- “Congressional Authority to Standardize National Election Procedures,” CRS Report RL30747
- “House and Senate Vacancies: How Are They Filled?” CRS Report 97-1009
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