Unlike a bill becoming a law, a proposed amendment can become part of the U. S. Constitution only if at least three fourths of the states agree to it. That acceptance by each state is what is called ratification.
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When ratifying a formal amendment to the Constitution, the ratifying bodies must get the support of at least three-fourths of the ratifying bodies.
The last Amendment lowered the voting age to 18. It is the 26th Amendment. It was ratified in 1971.
The one amendment that was ratified in a different way than the others was the Twenty-first Amendment. It was ratified using a state ratifying convention.
by passage in a national convention called by Congress and held in two-thirds of the states.
11 states ended up ratifying it. Ratifying the Constitution was when it was confirmed.