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To: RayChuang88
Actually, it requires the approval of three-fourths of the states to ratify an amendment.

Two-thirds approval is required just to propose one.

19 posted on 12/16/2016 6:08:51 AM PST by WayneS (An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill)
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To: WayneS
PS - Minor clarification - ...two-thirds of congress to propose amendment (or two-thirds of states to call a convention).
21 posted on 12/16/2016 6:12:20 AM PST by WayneS (An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill)
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