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== Article VII [Ratification]== | == Article VII [Ratification]== | ||
''{Article VII overview|Ratification | |||
* ratification, or adoption, of the Constitution | |||
* needs nine (9) states | |||
* at which point the Constitution would be operative for those nine states}}''' | |||
The Ratification of the Conventions of nine States, shall be sufficient for the Establishment of this Constitution between the States so ratifying the Same. | The Ratification of the Conventions of nine States, shall be sufficient for the Establishment of this Constitution between the States so ratifying the Same. |