The 1982 constitutional reform introduced an amendment process that no longer involved the approval of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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McCain said he wanted to see if he could increase support for the bill by making some changes through the amendment process.
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To distract from his grief, he campaigned for ratification of the new constitution, objecting only to its difficult amendment process.
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But the amendment process is cumbersome, requiring approval in both houses of Congress and ratification by 38 of the 50 state legislatures.
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According to Indiana s constitutional amendment process, two consecutive elected legislatures must pass the same amendment before it is sent to voters.
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Evans County was approved through the constitutional amendment process because of an earlier amendment from 1904 which limited the number of counties to 145.
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"It's not a dead letter, " said Paulsen, who has written about time limits and the amendment process.
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"When you have a bill made bad by the amendment process, you can't go forward, " he said.
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All people deserve to have their voices heard, " he said . " And that is exactly the purpose behind the constitutional amendment process.
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That amendment process finished Oct . 2, and was passed by the Finance Committee on October 13 by a 14 to 9 vote,.
