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SECTION 1. The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from
each State, elected by the people therof, 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.
SECTION 2. 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.
SECTION 3. 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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Seventeenth
Amendment
