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9 out of 13 states had to approve or ratify. The process was called ratification
Article V of the US Constitution states that by a vote of two thirds of both houses of Congress an amendment may be proposed to the states for ratification.
Virginia and New York
Virginia and New York were the two states that the success or failure of ratification of the US Constitution depended on. The US Constitution was ratified on June 21, 1788.
Ratification by state convention has been used but one time as established by Article V of the United States Constitution. State ratification was employed for ratification of the 21st Amendment in 1933..