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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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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Here comes the Senate: each state gets two senators and each senator is allowed one vote and serves a 6-year term. This ensures that all states have 'equal representation' regardless of its size. To a few, this actually justifies the two per state limit, for the rest of the folks who would rather have a respective number of senators corresponding to population size, this amendment might be an issue.
The video above points out reasons and background behind the talked about 'need to repeal' of the 17th amendment.
The common counter-argument supports the idea that this amendment is preventing greater corruption among senators.
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