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There are two ways in which an amendment can be proposed, and two ways in which it can be ratified, or approved. First, the Amendment can be proposed by Congress. For this to occur, two-thirds of the House of Representatives and two-thirds of the Senate must vote for the Amendment.
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Article V of the Constitution provides two ways in which amendments can be proposed and approved ... To become effective, the proposed amendment must then be "ratified" or approved by the legislatures of three-fourths of the states. Congress typically places a time limit of seven years for ratification by the states.
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Regardless of which of the two proposal routes is taken, the amendment must be ratified, or approved, by three-fourths of states. There are two ways to do this, too. The text of the amendment may specify whether the bill must be passed by the state legislatures or by a state convention.
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There are two ways an amendment or change to the constitution can be proposed. ... There are two ways in which an amendment can be ratified (approved). ... 2.) What is the only topic that cannot even be proposed as an amendment?
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See Article V of the Constitution. In part: "The Congress, whenever two thirds of both houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose amendments to this Constitution, or, on the application of the legislatures of two thirds of the sever...
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The result was the 12th Amendment, approved in Congress on December 9, 1803, and ratified on June 15, 1804 (189 days), in time for the new process to be in place for the 1804 election. With the 12th Amendment, electors are directed to vote for a President and for a Vice President rather than for two choices for President.
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There are two ways to propose a Constitutional amendment: two-thirds of both houses of Congress can make the proposal or two-thirds of the state legislatures can request Congress to convene a special amendment proposal convention. ... This tactic was successful, and the Twenty-first Amendment was ratified in 1933.
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The Constitution moreover equally enables the general and the state governments to originate the amendment of errors as they may be pointed out by the experience on one side or on the other''. At present, Article V provides for two ways to amend the Constitution.
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The proposal of the amendment can also be ratified in one of two ways: either ratified by 3/4ths of state ratifying conventions or ratified by 3/4ths of state legislatures.
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www.laits.utexas.edu/gov310/CF/conamend/ld.html
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