 latest poll results new poll  the last poll question was should congress continue the practice of attaching spending earmarks to other legislation results eliminate all earmarks 100 keep some earmarks0 leave earmark process the same0 new poll regarding repeal of the 17th amendment history of 17th amendment the seventeenth amendment amendment xvii to the united states constitution established direct election of united states senators by popular vote the amendment supersedes article i section 3 clauses 1 and 2 of the constitution under which senators were elected by state legislatures it also alters the procedure for filling vacancies in the senate to be consistent with the method of election it was adopted on april 8 1913 17th amendment 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as part of the constitution poll question should the 17th amendment to the us constitution for selecting us senators be repealed click on this link to vote http wwwclintoncountygoporg content should17thamendmentusconstitutionselectingussenato  