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Why did the amendment and ratification process change from unanimous to a majority vote?
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What is part of the state amendment process?
Proposal and ratification.
How can congress propose an amendment?
Congress can propose an amendment through the following methods: Two-thirds majority vote in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, followed by ratification by three-fourths of the state legislatures. Two-thirds majority vote in both the House and the Senate, followed by ratification through conventions held in three-fourths of the states. Either of these methods must be used to propose an amendment, which then goes through the ratification process.
The amendment process requires 2 steps proposal and?
proposal and ratification
Congress placed no time limit on the ratification process for the Twenty-seventh Amendment.?
true
What is ratifacation?
Ratification is the process of at least 2/3 of the 50 states voting yes on an amendment to the Constitution.
What was the Ratification process for the 18th amendment?
to lick nuts of george washington and swallow his crusty toe nails
President vetoing or ratifying a constitutional amendment?
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.
Two major phases in the amendment process?
There are two major phases that must take place for an amendment to be processed. These phases include ratification and formal proposal.
What must be done for the constitution to be law an article that process was called?
9 out of 13 states had to approve or ratify. The process was called ratification
What action increased the opportunity for public participation in the political process?
Ratification of the 17th amendment, concerning the election of the U.S. senators.
How many ways are outlined by the constitution for the amendment to be?
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.
Which process of proposal and ratification has been used most often in the US Constitution. Which has never been used. Any ideas why?
The process of amendment proposal used most often concerning the US Constitution is where a bill first has to pass through both Houses and then the states to be approved (or denied). There is another method mentioned in the Constitution, but it has never been used before. In this method, a Constitutional Convention would be called in order to propose the amendment, and afterwards the amendment is sent on to the States for approval. The two processes of ratification are: -Proposal receives a 2/3 majority vote from Congress -Proposal receives a 3/4 majority vote from the State I'm not sure which is most used or why.
