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====== How are Proposed Amendments Ratified? ======



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|===== Answer:   =====\\ \\ > Thirty-eight states must ratify any proposed amendments. Once states ratify, the amendments become part of the Constitution. Normally, Congress designates the state legislatures as the ratifying body—but it may choose to have the states call ratifying conventions. If so, an election by the people would be held in each state to choose delegates to the ratifying conventions.|


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|Created:                 |2017-06-23 12:37 GMT        |
|Updated:                 |2021-09-09 07:00 GMT        |
|Published:               |2017-07-17 06:00 GMT        |
|Converted:               |2025-11-11 12:38 GMT        |
|Change Author:           |Convention Of States Project|
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