Congress. They have to allow an unspecified "reasonable amount of time" for the states to consider new Amendments to the Constitution and decide whether to ratify the proposal. A typical deadline is seven years.
Proposal and ratification.
proposal and ratification
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Ratification is the process of at least 2/3 of the 50 states voting yes on an amendment to the Constitution.
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Only the States can ratify a constitutional amendment. The President can veto legislation putting the amendment up for ratification, but can be overridden by the normal process in the Senate.
There are two major phases that must take place for an amendment to be processed. These phases include ratification and formal proposal.
9 out of 13 states had to approve or ratify. The process was called ratification
Ratification of the 17th amendment, concerning the election of the U.S. senators.
Amending the Constitution is a 2-step process, which includes the proposal, and the ratification. There are 2 ways an amendment can be proposed, either by Congress, or by the States.
Go out and get 35 of the 50 states to agree with the future amendment
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.