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Why is it harder to ratify an amendment than to propose it?

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It is harder to ratify an amendment than to propose it because to propose an amendment takes less votes and to ratify an amendment takes more votes.
It takes 3/4 of state legislatures to ratify an amendment and 2/3 to propose an amendment.
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