Here is the change: To change the federal government by adding new amendments to the second Constitution, the United States Congress (including both the House and the Senate) must pass any proposed amendment to the Constitution with a � -- majority ( a majority of 66.7 percent in both Houses). After both Houses of Congress pass a proposed amendment with a 2/3 majority in each House, then the American people must ratify (or approve) any new proposed amendment with at least a 51 percent majority in a national referendum (The previous ratification by  � of the state legislatures is no longer required in this newly revised Article V).
How to Abolish the Current or Second Constitution
The Constitution is the supreme civil law of the land. A radically new constitution and government can be created by having a Constitutional Convention. If done properly in the way described here, it will be achieved in a fair, orderly, and democratic way.
The American people have a right to choose whether they want a new Constitution on a regular basis. Through their chosen representatives, an entirely new constitution can be written and adopted. Here is the procedure for having a Constitutional Convention to create a new constitution.
The 8-Month Timeline for Creating a New Third Constitution of the United States
Two weeks after a presidential election on the first Tuesday of November, the American people will vote again on the third Tuesday of November to decide if they want a constitutional convention. If American citizens say yes with a 51 percent majority, then they will have until January 14 to officially register with a national political party that truly expresses their values and worldview. Various websites describe all the major national political parties that voters can choose from.
Then during the last two weeks of January, no switching of parties can be made as the official membership count of all national political parties is determined by the National Elections Committee (NEC), which will be selected by a bipartisan Congressional panel initially. The NEC will know by the end of January which national political parties have at least one percent of the registered voters in the nation.
When the NEC determines which parties are the 7 largest national political parties, the current bi-partisan members of the NEC will no longer be needed because an entirely new set of executive directors of the NEC will be selected from the 7 largest national political parties. Each of the 7 largest national political parties will appoint one person to serve on the Executive Council of the NEC that takes over the operation on February 1.
The NEC will be responsible for counting and verifying the membership of national political parties. The NEC will guarantee that local election officials are impartial and professionalized. The NEC may use voting machines that are standardized, or it may decide on other fair methods that prevent dishonesty and corruption in voting.
Starting on February 1, and going till April 14 (for 2 1/2 months), the national political parties that represent at least one percent or more of the nation's registered voters will get official, equal, free, national public television exposure. These national political parties will be able to make public speaking presentations on a nationally publicized television program or station. They will also be allowed to give their written responses to standardized questions, not exceeding the maximum amount of words that the question allows. Each of the political parties will be allowed to share its party platform, any proposed national constitution, and various articles from its website.
It may be that there will be 10 to 20 different national political parties that garner at least one percent of the registered voters. No doubt analysts will emerge that compare and contrast the different parties.
Then during the last 2 weeks of April, there will be a second and final count of the membership of all the registered political parties. Voters will not be able to change parties during that time. Some voters will stay with the party they were registered with back in January, while others may switch and choose a new political party that better expresses their values and worldview--after hearing many speakers from several political parties.
At the end of April, when the count is completed, this is what could hypothetically occur. If the Constitution Party has 6 percent of all the registered voters in the United States, then there will be 6 Constitution Party delegates sent to the Constitutional Convention. If the Green Party has 9 percent of the registered voters, then there will be 9 Green Party delegates sent to the Constitutional Convention. If the Republican Party has 14 percent of the registered voters, then there will be 14 delegates from the Republican Party sent to the Constitutional Convention, and so forth.
On May 1, the Constitutional Convention delegates will meet at the Capitol building in Washington D.C. The 100 delegates will work for 2 full months, from May through June, to create a new constitution that 51 percent or more of the attending delegates must approve.
When the Convention first starts, each of the 7 largest national political parties will nominate one of their attending party delegates to be the potential chairperson of the Constitutional Convention. The 100 delegates will vote to elect one Constitutional Convention Chairperson from the slate of 7 potential candidates.
If delegates reach a 51 percent majority before the 2-month period elapses, they must use the remaining days of the 2-month timeframe to hear dissenting delegate voices in the constant effort to improve the document in order to get an even higher percentage of approval than 51 percent. If at any point 60 percent of the constitutional convention delegates approve a new document, they may choose to adjourn and go home before the maximum 2-month time limit has elapsed.
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