Sec. 1. PROPOSED AMENDMENTS; PUBLICATION; SUBMISSION TO VOTERS; ADOPTION. TALKING POINTS: The current Texas Constitution was adopted in 1876, and since that time Texas voters have approved 474 amendments.Constitutional Amendment Election; Frequently Amended; Comparison to the Federal System; List of All Constitutional Amendments. Amending the U.S. Constitution - Article 5. Flow chart of U.S. amendment process. The authority to amend the Constitution of the United States is derived from Article V of the Constitution. States offer multiple paths for amending their constitutions, which are much easier to change than the federal Constitution. Ballot Language for the November 8, 2005 Constitutional Amendment Election. For example, in 1999 only 6.7 percent of eligible voters turned out for the special constitutional election. Each Senator has one vote.