[Liberty1970]

I agree. The 17th amendment is one of the factors that turned state government into mere provincial administrations, subservient to the Federal government. That's the reverse of the principle of keeping governmental power as localized and accountable as possible.

Notice the bias in how they portray it as an attempt to strip voters of their rights? As if federal government under the current setup wasn't doing that on a vast scale already.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Notice the bias in how they portray it as an attempt to strip voters of their rights?

I noticed that, too, although the author/editor seemed to me to be concerned about voting rights. It's something that advocates of this maneuver should NOT put in their brochures.