Besides state legislatures, what other method allows amendment ratification?

• A. State ratifying conventions
• B. National popular vote
• C. Supreme Court approval
• D. Executive order

Answer: (A)

Amendments can be ratified by the states in one of two ways after Congress proposes them. After a proposal receives enough support in Congress, three-fourths of the states must approve it, either through their legislatures or through state ratifying conventions. The other method beyond using state legislatures is state ratifying conventions, where delegates chosen by the states vote on the amendment rather than the state legislature voting as a body. A well-known example is the 21st Amendment, which was ratified by state conventions. The other options—national popular vote, Supreme Court approval, or an executive order—aren’t part of the constitutional amendment process.