ratification process
Formal adoption steps
The ratification process is the formal procedure by which a proposed law, treaty, or constitutional amendment receives official approval.
In the United States, constitutional amendments require ratification by three-fourths of state legislatures.
Treaties require Senate approval by a two-thirds vote.
The ratification process took nearly two years to complete.
- enactmentPassing into law
- approvalFavorable opinion given
- Senate approvalLegislative body's formal consent
- advice and consentConstitutional approval process
- votingFormally registering a choice
validation · signatories · supermajority · consensus · vote · depositary · negotiation · treaty · Geneva Conventions · parliament · legislative branch · accession · amendment · protocol · two-thirds · international law · constitution · executive branch
ratification processnullification
Formal cancellation of validity
abrogation · annulment · rejection · rescission · denunciation
ratification processdeliberation
Careful weighing of choices
debate · non-binding resolution · advisory opinion · straw poll
ratification processfiat
Authoritative official decree
diktat · imperial edict · executive order · proclamation · gentleman's agreement