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Today, there are 50 states. 3/4 of 50 is 37.5, so we would need 38 states to approve an Amendment to the United States Constitution.
you need 2/3 of a fraction for a Constitutional Amendment
Regardless of which of the two proposal routes is taken, the amendment must be ratified, or approved, by three-fourths of states. \STATES
two-thirds in the Senate, two-thirds in the House of Representatives, three-fourths of the states
Article V of the US Constitution states that by a vote of two thirds of both houses of Congress an amendment may be proposed to the states for ratification.
Thirty-five states had ratified the 19th Amendment. Nine had failed to approve it, and three refused to call a convention to approve or reject it. Thirty-six states had to ratify it before it would become law and only Tennessee remained. Burn was opposed to women's sufferage and intended to vote against it. However, his mother sent him a letter urging him to vote in favor. He changed his vote and the amendment passed with a vote of 49 to 48.
Tennessee was called the Perfect 36 because it was the thirty-sixth of the forty-eight states to approve the amendment ratifying the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote in America.
Tennessee was called the Perfect 36 because it was the thirty-sixth of the forty-eight states to approve the amendment ratifying the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote in America.
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.
The United States Constitution may have an amendment added through two different avenues. The first avenue, the better known avenue, is to introduce the proposed amendment to the houses of Congress where it needs to pass a vote with a two-thirds majority vote. The second avenue to add an amendment is through a special Constitutional Convention that is called for by two-thirds of the State legislatures.
There is no amendment that states woman can't vote.
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.