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Under this procedure, the states initiate the amending process by petitioning Congress for a constitutional convention. When two-thirds of the states have submitted petitions, Congress must call a convention. Any amendments approved by such a convention must be ratified by three-fourths of the states.
The two ways that an amendment can be proposed is; *The Congress propose an amendment by 2/3 vote in both houses. And second *The state 2/3 of the states 34 out of 50 can ask Congress to call national convention to propose an amendment.ither Congress by a 2/3 vote or 2/3 of the state legislatures can call for such a convention to be held. This method has never been tried. In either case, a proposed amendment does not become law until 3/4 of the states ratify it. The amendment process is given in Article V of the Constitution.