What are two ways amendments to the US constitution can be ratified?

Answer 1

The most common ratification method is by vote of the individual state legislatures, of which at least 3/4 must vote for ratification. However, Congress called for the ratification of the 21st Amendment (repeal of Prohibition and the 18th Amendment) by the second method listed in Article V, which is by special state conventions.

Answer 2

They can be ratified in only one way, and that is acceptance by three fourths of the states. Only The People can make changes to the Constitution, and that is The People independent of the government. Amendments can be presented for ratification in a couple of different ways. They can be prepared by Congress, or they can come from the states themselves without permission of the government. The only thing that Congress gets to decide when the states themselves want to prepare an amendment is how the states will ratify it. The states can do it through state legislatures or through special state conventions. This second method of amending the Constitution has never been used. Many think that the government is stalling in allowing the states to use this method. In fact, the states do not need permission. IFgovernment is getting in the way of informing the states how to ratify, then government is derelict and action must be taken. The authority of the states acting together trumps absolutely anything in the Constitution, including the authority of any group or individual.

Answer 3

The first method is for a bill to pass both houses of the legislature, by a two-thirds majority in each. Once the bill has passed both houses, it goes on to the states. This is the route taken by all current amendments. Because of some long outstanding amendments, such as the 27th, Congress will normally put a time limit (typically seven years) for the bill to be approved as an amendment (for example, see the 21st and 22nd).

The second method prescribed is for a Constitutional Convention to be called by two-thirds of the legislatures of the States, and for that Convention to propose one or more amendments. These amendments are then sent to the states to be approved by three-fourths of the legislatures or conventions. This route has never been taken, and there is discussion in political science circles about just how such a convention would be convened, and what kind of changes it would bring about.

Regardless of which of the two proposal routes is taken, the amendment must be ratified, or approved, by three-fourths of states. There are two ways to do this, too. The text of the amendment may specify whether the bill must be passed by the state legislatures or by a state convention.

See the Ratification Convention Page for a discussion of the make up of a convention. Amendments are sent to the legislatures of the states by default. Only one amendment, the 21st, specified a convention.

In any case, passage by the legislature or convention is by simple majority. The Constitution, then, spells out four paths for an amendment:

• Proposal by convention of states, ratification by state conventions (never used)
• Proposal by convention of states, ratification by state legislatures (never used)
• Proposal by Congress, ratification by state conventions (used once)
• Proposal by Congress, ratification by state legislatures (used all other times)

Answer 4

From the US. Constitution, Article V:"The Congress, whenever two thirds of both houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose amendments to this Constitution, or, on the application of the legislatures of two thirds of the several states, shall call a convention for proposing amendments, which, in either case, shall be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of this Constitution, when ratified by the legislatures of three fourths of the several states, or by conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other mode of ratification may be proposed by the Congress. "legislatures of three fourths of the several states, or by conventions in three fourths thereof".

Answer 5

Article 5 of the Constitution specifies this.

Ratification can be done by 2/3 of the Congress or 3/4 of the State's legislatures via a Constitutional Convention.

Answer 6

1. an amendment is official when 3/4 of the state legislatures approve it, or

2. when special conventions in 3/4 of the state approve it

Answer 7

1. 3/4 of the legislatures in the states must ratify any amendment.

2. 3/4 of the states must have individual constitutional conventions to ratify the amendment.

Answer 8

1. an amendment is official when three-fourths of the state legislatures approve it.

2. when special conventions in three-fourths of the states approve it.

Answer 9

more than half of the states have toagree