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That would be ratification by at least 38 states.

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Three-fourths of the state legislatures ratify the amendment.

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The article must be ratified by three-fourths (38) of states within a proscribed deadline.

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What is is the ratifying amendments?

The last Amendment lowered the voting age to 18. It is the 26th Amendment. It was ratified in 1971.


When ratifying a formal amendment to the constitution the ratifying bodies must get the support of at least of how much fraction of ratifying bodies?

When ratifying a formal amendment to the Constitution, the ratifying bodies must get the support of at least three-fourths of the ratifying bodies.


What is the difference between proposing an amendment and ratifying an amendment?

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What is the deadline for ratifying a amendment?

cannot be extended


When two thirds of both the house and the senate concur that the article be proposed as an amendment to the constitution of the united staes what is the last step in ratifying the admnement?

The article must be ratified by three-fourths (38) of states within a proscribed deadline.


Is there a difference between a state rejecting an amendment and a state not ratifying an amendment?

No rejecting means not passing and ratifying means passing so not ratifying means not passing which is the same as the rejecting. But rember just because one state rejects a amendment doesn't mean it will not be passed.


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.


What one amendment was ratified in a different way than the others?

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.


What is ratifying a constitutional amendment?

When a constitutional amendment has been ratified it means that the amendment had been passed or agreed upon by 3/4 of congress and is now being made a legal amendmen to our Constitution


How can changes be made to the Constitution?

First of all, a two thirds majority of each house of Congress must propose the amendment. Then, a three fourths majority of the states must ratify the amendment.


Was the last amendment added?

The Last amendment was added in 1992 which was the twenty-seventh amendment.


In constitutional amendment procedure can several clauses of a constitution be contained in one constitutional amendment proposal?

In constitutional amendments, the single subject style of proposing amendment is mostly applied. Where several subjects are massed together in one legislative measure the ratifying state legislatures are prone to applying the item veto to signify their preferences in any such constitution amendment proposal. And where an item veto is applied to any matter in that proposal by a ratifying state legislature, the entire measure fails.