Normally, there is a delay of several years between Proposal and the Ratification of a Constitutional Amendment. Such delays can be avoided by a 75 percent approval vote by the IQA. See 2.5: Constitutional Amendments Proposed by Initiative and 2.6: Initiatives Article V Ratification of Constitutional Amendment.
Our Founders' Warning: “Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves are its only safe depositories.” (Thomas Jefferson)