Terry, I meant the 'approach -avoidance' comment tongue-in- cheek. I get in more trouble with my flippancy
Just checked about your Senate (ashamed to say on Wikip.) 1913 is the year they cite for direct election of the Senate. Weren't your Senators at first appointed by the state legislatures? And then, some years later, appointed by the states from a list of candidates voted on in state elections? And then the 1913 amendment to the constitution?
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edit: okay, I made the trek downstairs and checked in a ... a book! (Hofstadter et al - yes, I'm that old) which contains the US
Constitution. "The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two senators from each State, chosen by the legislature thereof"
