Dear Utah State Legislator,
Back in 1913 Congress submitted the proposed 17th amendment to your state legislature for ratification. Thirty six of the legislatures of the forty eight states voted to surrender their representation in the Senate,
Twelve states refused to ratify the amendment, because of it stripped their state legislature of being represented in the senate which violated the provision found in Article V of the Constitution.
No state shall be deprived of its equal representation in the senate without their consent. With the ratification of the 17th amendment twelve states lost their representation in the senate without their consent.
Can thirty six states vote to deprive other twelve states of their right to be equally represented in the Senate?
Utah and Delaware were the only states that rejected the amendment while the other ten states did not vote for or against its ratification. Currently there are 41 states that have ratified the 17th amendment and 7 states that have not. Alaska and Hawaii were not states when the amendment was proposed are were not eligible to participate in the ratification process.
The Constitutional rights of Utah, Kentucky, Mississippi, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and Virginia are being violated according to the provisions in Article V.
These states have not given their consent and are therefore not subject to provisions of the 17th amendment and the legislators of these states have a right to be represented in the Senate.
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