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2. Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

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   The Seventeenth Amendment (Amendment XVII) to the United States Constitution established the direct election of United States senators in each state. The amendment supersedes Article I, Section 3 , Clauses 1 and 2 of the Constitution, under which senators were elected by state legislatures .

3. Category : Amendments to the United States Constitution

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   0–9. Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution; Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution; Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

4. In 1913, citizens earned right to vote for U.S. senators ...

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   The 17th Amendment did not affect any senator chosen before it was ratified. Before the 16th Amendment on income taxes, federal government was not as powerful as today Prior to 1913, legislative ...

5. List of amendments to the Constitution of the United States

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   The only amendment to be ratified through this method thus far is the Twenty-first Amendment in 1933. That amendment is also the only one that explicitly repeals an earlier one, the Eighteenth Amendment (ratified in 1919), establishing the prohibition of alcohol.

6. History of the United States Senate - Wikipedia

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   The Senate underwent several significant changes during the presidency of Woodrow Wilson, the most profound of which was the ratification of the 17th Amendment in 1913, which provided for election of senators by popular vote rather than appointment by the state legislatures.

7. Opinion - A right to life, but not to die — it’s not just ...

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   Proponents of the new amendment explained that their purpose was to “make it harder for lawmakers to — at some later time — legalize physician-assisted suicide in the state.”

8. Seventeenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution - Wikipedia

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9. Simplified tax abatement process fails 5-4 in lengthy county ...

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   The amendment itself passed narrowly by a 5-4 vote. Schaetzle said the amendment didn’t go far enough. ... St. Joseph County property tax abatement fails vote to be simplified. Show comments ...