amendment
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On the one hand, the Constitution is moribund with respect to formal amendment.
From Salon • May 18, 2026
Virginia’s constitution requires that the legislature approve a proposed amendment twice—once before and once after an election of state lawmakers.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
The result is that a state amendment that won approval twice before both houses of the Legislature and in a statewide vote was judged to have failed.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026
More specifically, they claimed that the Virginia Constitution prevents amendments unless there is an intervening election in between the first time a proposed amendment is introduced and passed in the Legislature and the second time.
From Slate • May 8, 2026
Josephine Anderson Pearson, head of the Tennessee State Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage, worked against ratification of the amendment.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
Vocabulary lists containing amendment
U.S. Government Lingo
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American History I
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13th Amendment (1865)
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