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The Constitution provides that an amendment may be proposed either by the Congress with a two-thirds majority vote in both the House of Representatives and the Senate or by a constitutional convention called for by two-thirds of the State legislatures.

Therefore, the Constitution can be amended in three ways: Amendment by a simple majority of the Parliament, Amendment by a special majority of the Parliament, and. Amendment by a special majority of the Parliament and the ratification of half of the State Legislatures.

Congress must call a convention for proposing amendments upon application of the legislatures of two-thirds of the states (i.e., 34 of 50 states). Amendments proposed by Congress or convention become valid only when ratified by the legislatures of, or conventions in, three-fourths of the states (i.e., 38 of 50 states).

First, legislatures of three-fourths of the states may ratify an amendment. This is the most common method used. An amendment can also be ratified by conventions held in three-fourths of the states. To date, 27 amendments have been officially ratified by the required number of states.

Articles of amendment may be filed online at or filed by paper by submitting this completed form to our office. Division, 2 Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. SE, Suite 313 West Tower, Atlanta, Georgia 30334.

Georgia has used three different methods of constitutional revision: seven were revised by constitutional conventions, two by constitutional commissions, and one by the office of legislative counsel of the Georgia General Assembly.

An amendment may be proposed by a two-thirds vote of both Houses of Congress, or, if two-thirds of the States request one, by a convention called for that purpose. The amendment must then be ratified by three-fourths of the State legislatures, or three-fourths of conventions called in each State for ratification.

Each House has to pass the Bill with two thirds majority of the total membership of that House. If 2nd House passes the Bill with amendments it is referred back to the House in which it originated and if that House agrees to those amendments with two thirds majority it is sent to the President for assent.

Method 1. -Proposed by a 2/3 vote in Congress. • ... Method 2. -Proposed by a 2/3 vote in Congress. Method 3. >Proposed at a national convention called by congress when requested by 2/3 of the states. Method 4. >Proposed at a national convention called by congress when requested by 2/3 of the states.

The amendment process is very difficult and time consuming: A proposed amendment must be passed by two-thirds of both houses of Congress, then ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the states. The ERA Amendment did not pass the necessary majority of state legislatures in the 1980s.

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Georgia does not feature a process for initiated constitutional amendments. This booklet contains copies of the two proposed amendments to the Constitution in their entirety.These amendments will be submitted at the general. To alter or create a Georgia law, your legislator must take the idea to Georgia's version of Congress, called the Georgia General Assembly. Below is an overview of constitutional amendment processes in the 50 states. I discuss the various possible ways of amending state constitutions. Article X of the 1983 Georgia Constitution stipulates amendment procedures. Any proposed amendments or revisions arising out of a convention must be put to the state's voters. Section 1: Constitution, How Amended. The constitutional amendment would do away with the tribunal and create the Georgia Tax Court in the judiciary branch.

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