What is State ratifying conventions?
{{US Constitution article series}} '''State ratifying conventions''' are one of the two ways established by [[Article Five of the United States Constitution]] for [[Ratification|ratifying]] proposed [[constitutional amendment]]s.<ref name=constamendNA>{{cite web |url=https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/constitution/ |title=The Constitutional Amendment Process |publisher=The National Archives |access-date=17 March 2016}}</ref> Ratifying conventions have only been used on one occasion.<ref name=Farlex>{{cite web |url=http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Twenty-First+Amendment |title=Twenty-First Amendment |publisher=The Free Dictionary/Farlex |access-date=17 March 2016}}</ref> This was in 1933 and was used to ratify the [[Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution|21st Amendment]].<ref name=Farlex/> All other proposed constitutional amendments have been offered to the [[Legislature|state legislatures]] for ratification. The Constitution also provides that state ratifying conventions may also be used to propose a constitutional amendment.<ref name=constamendNA/> However, to date, none of the 27 amendments to the Constitution have been proposed by state conventions.<ref name=constamendNA/> A state ratifying convention may be called by a two-thirds [[vote]] by a state legislature.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cnsnews.com/news/article/mark-levin-states-should-call-convention-propose-amending-constitution |title=Mark Levin: States Should Call Convention to Propose Amending Constitution |author=Terence P. Jeffrey |date=12 August 2013 |publisher=CNS News |access-date=17 March 2016}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}}{{Politics-stub}} [[Category:United States Constitution]]