Editing Constitutional amendment (section)

===== Tennessee =====
There are two methods for proposing amendments to the [[Tennessee State Constitution]]: through the legislature and by constitutional convention. Proposed amendments must be approved by a majority of voters in a referendum.

With the legislative method, the [[Tennessee General Assembly]] passes a resolution calling for an amendment and stating its wording. This must pass in three separate readings on three separate days, with an [[absolute majority]] on all readings. It does not require the [[governor]]'s approval. It must then be published at least six months before the next legislative election in [[newspaper]]s of wide and general circulation. (This is done by [[precedent]] but is not required by law.) After the election, the proposed amendment must go through the same procedure (absolute majority on three separate readings). Then it is put on the ballot as a referendum in the next gubernatorial election. To be ratified it must again achieve an absolute majority of those voting in the gubernatorial election.

With the convention method, the legislature can put on any ballot the question of whether to call a [[constitutional convention (political meeting)|constitutional convention]]. It must be stated whether the convention is limited or unlimited—that is, whether it can only amend the current constitution or totally abolish it and write a new one. If limited, the call must state which provisions of the current constitution are to be subject to amendment, and the subsequent convention, if approved, is limited to considering only amendments to the provisions specified in the call. The proposed amendments must then be submitted to the electorate and approved by a majority of those voting in the election. A constitutional convention cannot be held more frequently than once every six years.