He convened a referendum for the ratification of the Maastricht Treaty. State legislatures elected U.S. Senators until the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913. He actively opposed the ratification of the Constitution. The Governor-General in charge of the ratification of this treaty was the Marquess of Dalhousie. He played a central role in winning the treaty's two-thirds majority ratification. Elections for the ratification of the constitution were held in April, 2006. The ruling was overturned with the ratification of the 24th Amendment in 1971. The Second Amendment was relatively uncontroversial at the time of its ratification. Gerry also convinced the Convention to include a second method for ratification of amendments. Ecumenical statements and agreements are subject to the ratification of the presbyteries. It can change only by extraordinary legislative process of national proposal, then state ratification. Canada Agreement, which were pending ratification. He was a leader in Pennsylvania's ratification of the Constitution in 1788. Post Ratification of the Constitution, Article I.8.15, allows for Congress to conscript. Coprinces enjoy political power in terms of law ratification and constitutional court designation, among others.