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<blockquote data-quote="vvvvvvv" data-source="post: 2072078" data-attributes="member: 5151"><p>If you want that effect from the repeal of the 17th Amendment, then you would also have to pass an Amendment prohibiting the states from choosing how their Senators are appointed.</p><p></p><p>At the time the 17th Amendment was considered (and passed), there were 46 states in the Union. 37 out of those 46 states held popular elections for Senate, with 28 of those states binding the state legislature to the results of the popular vote, and 9 requiring the legislature to take the popular vote into consideration when making the appointments.</p><p></p><p>Repealing the 17th Amendment won't change a thing unless the states are also barred from measuring a popular vote for US Senate seats. So unless you're prepared to fight a battle for removing a state's right to choose how to appoint its officials, fighting for repeal of the 17th is a useless battle and resources should really be directed elsewhere.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vvvvvvv, post: 2072078, member: 5151"] If you want that effect from the repeal of the 17th Amendment, then you would also have to pass an Amendment prohibiting the states from choosing how their Senators are appointed. At the time the 17th Amendment was considered (and passed), there were 46 states in the Union. 37 out of those 46 states held popular elections for Senate, with 28 of those states binding the state legislature to the results of the popular vote, and 9 requiring the legislature to take the popular vote into consideration when making the appointments. Repealing the 17th Amendment won't change a thing unless the states are also barred from measuring a popular vote for US Senate seats. So unless you're prepared to fight a battle for removing a state's right to choose how to appoint its officials, fighting for repeal of the 17th is a useless battle and resources should really be directed elsewhere. [/QUOTE]
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