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Amendments For Constitution In Massachusetts
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Constitution of Massachusetts Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts First legislature October 25, 1780 First executive October 25, 1780 First court October 25, 1780 Amendments 12120 more rows
A constitutional amendment must always be adopted by the people of Massachusetts, and this is done through a ballot question. The Secretary of the Commonwealth's Elections Division compiles election statistics and voter data in a publication popularly referred to as “PD43” (short for “Public Document 43”).
Most of the states (36 of 49) require legislatures to approve the amendments during one legislative session. An additional four states require amendments to be passed during one or two successive legislative sessions, depending on whether the amendment receives a simple majority or supermajority.
An amendment may be proposed by a two-thirds vote of both Houses of Congress, or, if two-thirds of the States request one, by a convention called for that purpose. The amendment must then be ratified by three-fourths of the State legislatures, or three-fourths of conventions called in each State for ratification.
It would be a rare person indeed who would accurately respond that the guarantee to each state of equal suffrage in the Senate is the only constitutional provision that is now expressly unamendable under the Constitution's own terms.
The Constitution provides that an amendment may be proposed either by the Congress with a two-thirds majority vote in both the House of Representatives and the Senate or by a constitutional convention called for by two-thirds of the State legislatures.
Congress may submit a proposed constitutional amendment to the states, if the proposed amendment language is approved by a two-thirds vote of both houses. Congress must call a convention for proposing amendments upon application of the legislatures of two-thirds of the states (i.e., 34 of 50 states).
If you need to make changes to your Massachusetts articles of organization, file Articles of Amendment with the Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Corporations Division (SOC). Amendment forms are available in your online account or on the SOC website. However, use of Massachusetts SOC forms is not mandatory.
