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What did the 17Th amendment mean?

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The 17'th Amendment to the United States Constitution established the election of United States senators by the people of each state rather than by the legislation of each state.

That is to say that senators are now (since 1913) directly elected by popular vote of the people of the state and not by vote of the elected officials of the state.
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