The seventeenth amendment is a reform, since it raises a change in the way senators are elected in each state.
The Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States (Amendment XVII) establishes the direct election of the United States Senate by popular vote. The amendment replaces Article I, Section 3, Clauses 1 and 2 of the constitution, under which the Senate was elected by the State Legislatures. It also alters the method of filling vacancies in the Senate, to be consistent with the method of choice. It was adopted in April 1913.
This form of election is very beneficial for the people, since they are the ones who directly choose the senators that represent them.
Some people will say that this form of election is a bad idea, since the elected senators could be from a political party opposed to the one that bovierna in the state at that time, and therefore could be difficult communication. In this way these people prefer that the senators are elected by the legislature of each state, in order to ensure a fluid and more harmonious communication.
It would take the power away from entrenched political operatives. It would give the people more control over who represents them in the US Senate.
The State legislatures might make a more informed decision about who is qualified to be a US Senator.
The original Constitution didn’t call for direct election of US Senators.
