Sec. 1. PROPOSED AMENDMENTS; PUBLICATION; SUBMISSION TO VOTERS; ADOPTION. The authority to amend the Constitution of the United States is derived from Article V of the Constitution.Early voting begins Monday and ends Oct. 29. State of Texas Proposition 1. Today, the Deputy Secretary of State Joe Esparza drew the ballot order for the 14 proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution. States offer multiple paths for amending their constitutions, which are much easier to change than the federal Constitution. Notice of the date on which a State ratified a proposed constitutional amendment. This booklet contains copies of the two proposed amendments to the Constitution in their entirety. These amendments will be submitted at the general. Written in 1787, ratified in 1788, and in operation since 1789, the United States Constitution is the world's longest surviving written charter of government.