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Article 79 of the requires constitutional amendments to be approved by an absolute two-thirds majority of the  along with a simple two-thirds majority of the. Article 51 of the same law gives each state at least three votes, a fourth vote for states with more than 2 million inhabitants, a fifth vote for states with more than 6 million inhabitants, and a sixth vote for states with more than 7 million inhabitants. There are currently four states with three votes, seven states with four votes, one state with five votes, and four states with six votes. A calculation reveals that of the 65536 possible voting patterns, 7228 lead to an absolute two-thirds majority.