Alabamians who visited the polls Tuesday approved a major reworking of the state’s constitution alongside 10 proposed statewide amendments.
Alabamians approved adopting the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, which will remove racist language and streamline provisions and amendments in the document.
Alabamians approved Aniah’s Law, which allows judges to deny bail for certain violent offenders.
Alabamians approved Statewide Amendment 2, which expands the ability for the state or local governments to award federal grant money for broadband infrastructure.
Alabamians approved Statewide Amendment 3, which requires the governor to give notice to the attorney general and a victim’s family before granting a reprieve to a person sentenced to death.
Alabamians approved Statewide Amendment 4, which ensures any bill approved by the legislature can’t be enacted any sooner than six months before a general election.
Alabamians approved Statewide Amendment 5, which removes the outdated phrase “orphan’s business” from from a provision.
Alabamians approved Statewide Amendment 6, which adjusts how municipalities can use money they receive as an ad valorem tax.
Alabamians approved Statewide Amendment 7, which gives local governments more power to issue economic development incentives, allowing them to use public funds for economic purposes.
Alabamians approved Statewide Amendment 8, which brings certain privately owned sewer systems into the purview of the Public Service Commission.
Alabamians approved Statewide Amendment 9, which brings the Tannehill Sewer System in Jefferson and Tuscaloosa counties under the jurisdiction of the Public Service Commission.
Alabamians approved Statewide Amendment 10, which OKs all the previous amendments to be enacted with the Constitution of Alabama of 2022.
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