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only 27 of the 31 amendments proposed have been ratified
27 have been ratified
Amendments can be ratified by Legislatures of 2/3 of the states. Amendments can be proposed by 2/3 vote of each house of Congres.
During the course of our history, in addition to the 27 amendments which have been ratified by the required three-fourths of the States, six other amendments have been submitted to the States but have not been ratified by them.
Your question is very confused. Amendments are ratified, they do not ratify.
Twelve Constitutional amendments were proposed in September 1789. The third through twelfth became the first ten Amendments when they were ratified in December 1791, and the second proposal became the 27th Amendment when it was ratified in May 1992.
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Only the 21st Amendment (repealing the 18th) was ratified by conventions in the states.
Amendments to the constitution must be ratified by the states. To become part of the Constitution the Amendment must be approved by three-fourths of the states.
There were no amendments in the articles of confederation. The constitution has amendments.
26. The 27th Amendment, proposed in 1789, was not ratified completely until 1992, almost 203 years later.