Show The Seventeenth Amendment The seventeenth constitutional amendment provides for filling va vacancies va- va vacancies occurring in the senate When vacancies happen in the re representation representation representation presentation of any state In the sen senate senate senate ate the executive authority of such state shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies Provided That the legislature of my any state may empower the executive thereof tomake to tomake make malte temporary appointments un- un un until til the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature ture may direct |