[Alas Babylon!]

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.

You misquoted the amendment, it didn't JUST take out "chosen by the legislature thereof" , but REPLACED it "elected by the people thereof"..."

Since the people vote all over the state in their various election halls, voting booths, polling places etc., that means the state legislatures get to also decide the PLACE Senators are voted for, not just time and manner.

Seriously, am I only one seeing that?

BTW, I wish to see the 17th amendment repealed. Let the states decide, as was originally designed. Not some celebrity popularity contest.

[Political Junkie Too]

You noticed I struck it out. You should have also considered the context of our prior conversation, which you apparently didn't and seem to be taking each interaction in isolation instead of building upon our prior back and forths.

None of what you're questioning has anything to do with the manner or time of the election, which was the part you cited in your initial post 23 rebuttal.

You questioned "place" but the issue of this thread is "time." I don't understand what you're still questioning when "time" is what Congress CAN regulate and the state, with extending mail-in ballot receipt, is clearly encroaching on the "time" that Congress already established as the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.

-PJ