Question about Constitutional Amendment

[Massacure]

When the federal government tries to amend the Constitution, how do states ratify it? Is it a vote by governors, by the legislators of each state, or is it a direct vote by the people? Or maybe each state picks it's own way of how to ratify it?

Can someone explain it for me. :)

[ezekiel333]

1. Try this link

<http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/constitution/amendment_process.html>

[Yupster]

2. State legislature votes n/t

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[Tamyrlin79]

3. The answer:

Amendments "shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States, or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress". --U.S. Constitution, Article V.

So, not just legislatures... It can also be done "by conventions", whatever that means. it is usually done by the legislatures, but it seems like a few amendments were approved by convention... I think women's suffrage did, but I couldn't promise you.