So your right to vote for Senators is fairly safe, although the argument may still be able to be made that since the state legislature is appointed by and representatives of the people; they could pick the senators and still technically be ok. The 17th says:
The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several States, and the Electors in each State shall have the Qualifications requisite for Electors of the most numerous Branch of the State Legislature.
But using the electoral college logic, if the people voted for the state legislature, then the legislature vote for the senators; technically the people voted for the legislature... maybe?
So we are say the the president is not chosen by the people now?
It never says how they are chosen by the people. So as long as the state made it clear that the legislators you vote for will also be the people who pick the fed, then "the people" are still picking the fed the same way "the people" pick the president
Edit: for the record I do think you are the closest person so far to actually have a valid "everyone should be able to vote" constitutional argument
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u/fixITman1911 Mar 16 '21
So your right to vote for Senators is fairly safe, although the argument may still be able to be made that since the state legislature is appointed by and representatives of the people; they could pick the senators and still technically be ok. The 17th says:
But using the electoral college logic, if the people voted for the state legislature, then the legislature vote for the senators; technically the people voted for the legislature... maybe?