17th amendment is ratified 1913 (8 Apr 1913 Jahr – 19 Feb 1936 Jahr)

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This amendment lets voters cast direct votes for senators instead of the state legislature choosing them. This is mentioned under number 8 in the expression of sentiment section in the Omaha platform. It is important because it gave power back to the people.

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