Delaware, New Jersey, and Georgia ratified the Constitution with a wide margin of votes by the end of 1787.
The United States Constitution was ratified by unanimous vote from Delaware, Georgia, and New Jersey.
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.
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Any changes or amendments to the Constitution need to be ratified by three-fourths of the states. Out of 50 states, this totals 38.
three-fourths of the states had to ratify the constitution for it to take effect.
The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) failed to be ratified by enough states before the deadline set by Congress. Originally proposed in 1972, the ERA fell short of the required 38 states needed for ratification by the deadline in 1982. Efforts to revive and ratify the ERA continue to this day.
A proposed amendment becomes part of the constitution as soon as it is ratified by three-fourths of the states (38 of 50 states).
No individual person ever changes the Constitution; it requires an amendment that has been ratified by three fourths of the states.
In the Constitution it says that 3/4 of the States have to agree to ratify an amendment."....when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States..."
The admenment must be approved by two thirds of congress and then ratified by at least three quaters of the states
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.
An amendment can be proposed by a national convention and ratified by conventions in three fourths of the States.