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.
The seventeenth amendment gave the each State, its own preference in election rather than having the state legislatures elect Senators. This was also a response to the scandals in elections and ties, which caused delay in the Senators taking seat.
This illustration displays the cycle of how state legislatures were to represent the People and elect the corresponding Senators, pre-seventeenth amendment.
This commentator informs people of some history involved with the seventeenth amendment as well as his position on its content.
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