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a National Convetion
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Proposals for an amendment to the Constitution can be made by?
a National Convetion
What is ratifying a constitutional amendment?
When a constitutional amendment has been ratified it means that the amendment had been passed or agreed upon by 3/4 of congress and is now being made a legal amendmen to our Constitution
What is the first step in adding amendment to the US constitution?
The amendment process has two steps, proposal and ratification. Official proposals can be made by 2/3 of Congress or 2/3 of state legislatures (so Congress can be involved). Ratification occurs with a 3/4 vote of the state legislatures or a 3/4 vote of state conventions made up of delegates (not necessarily legislators) elected by the people.Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/What_does_the_amendment_process_do#ixzz1FbPlma5T
What do you call change made to your national constitution?
An amendment. For example, the first Amendment to the Constitution covers Freedom of Speech.
What allows for change to be made in the constitution?
An amendment to the constitution
What do you call a change to the constution?
A change that is made to the Constitution is called an amendment. An amendment is usually a positive change made to improve something.
What was the amendment process?
The amendment process has two steps, proposal and ratification. Official proposals can be made by 2/3 of Congress or 2/3 of state legislatures (so Congress can be involved). Ratification occurs with a 3/4 vote of the state legislatures or a 3/4 vote of state conventions made up of delegates (not necessarily legislators) elected by the people.
An addition made to the constitution?
amendment
How are federal amendments made?
The Amendment process is the formal way to change the Constitution. An amendment may be proposed by two-thirds vote of both houses of Congress or by a convention called by Congress at the request of two-thirds of the state legislatures. Ratification of an amendment takes three-fourths of the states to approve.
Which amendment may be proposed by a national convention called by Congress at the request of two-thirds of the states?
The ability to propose a amendment to the United States Constitution by having two-thirds of the states request a national convention is found in Article 5 of the Constitution. Article 5 gives instructions on how changes can be made to the Constitution.
How can you add to constitution?
The amendment process has two parts, proposal and ratification. Formal proposals are made by either 2/3 of Congress (this is the House of Representatives and the Senate) or 2/3 of state governments. Ratification requires a 3/4 vote of either state governments or state conventions comprised of delegates elected by the people.
What does it take to add an amendment on the constitution?
Amending to the Constitution is explained in Article V (Bill of Rights) of the Constitution. The amendment process has two parts, proposal and ratification. Formal proposals are made by either 2/3 of Congress (this is the House of Representatives and the Senate) or a Constitutional Convention when 2/3 of state governments propose an amendment. Ratification requires 3/4 of states' legislatures (38 states) vote or state conventions comprised of delegates elected by the people. Article V also states a third way to ratify an amendment and that is Congress to call for a special convention. This was done once in 1933 when ratifying amendment 21 the repealing amendment 18. This was also the only time states had their own constitutional convention. The executive branch (the President) can only involve itself in ceremonial signings after ratification.
