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In March 1801, weeks after the election of 1800 was resolved, two amendments were proposed in the New York State Legislature that would form the skeleton of the Twelfth Amendment. Governor John Jay submitted an amendment to the state legislature that would require a district election of electors in each state.
On June 4, 1998, the full House voted on the amendment, 224–203 in favor. The vote was 61 short of the required two-thirds majority. [33] A Flag Desecration Amendment was first proposed in 1995 to give Congress the power to make acts such as flag burning illegal, seeking to supersede the 1990 Supreme Court case Texas v.
Since 1999, only about 20 proposed amendments have received a vote by either the full House or Senate. The last time a proposal gained the necessary two-thirds support in both the House and the Senate for submission to the states was the District of Columbia Voting Rights Amendment in 1978. Only 16 states had ratified it when the seven-year ...
Nov. 9—BLUEFIELD — All four constitutional amendments on the West Virginia ballot were well on their way to be rejected by voters late Tuesday night. Amendment 2, Property Tax Modernization ...
In 1821, the state of New York held a constitutional convention which removed property requirements for white male voters, but required that "persons of colour" own $250 worth of property, "over and above all debts," in order to vote. White male voters were instead required to pay a tax, but this rule was abolished in an amendment of 1826.
But voters rejected it in a 59% to 41% vote during the August 2022 primary election. Democrats and supporters of abortion rights view that as a referendum against any legislation on abortion.
A controversial constitutional amendment that had the power to drastically reshape Kentucky's education landscape has failed, with 65% of voters casting their ballots against the measure.
By 1911, 29 states had Article V convention applications on file for an amendment providing for direct election of senators, [55] just two short of the 31-state threshold. [b] As new states were being added the threshold increased, however those States had already passed resolutions supporting such a Convention. The final count is somewhat ...