Alabama voters on Tuesday will decide whether to strip racist language and reorganize the state constitution. They will also vote on these 10 amendments.
Alabama lawmakers have begun a process to remove racist language from the state’s 121-year-old Constitution.
A federal lawsuit is challenging Alabama’s practice of stripping convicted felons’ of their right to vote. Greater Birmingham Ministries and a number of Alabamians who are not allowed to vote because of a past felony conviction filed the lawsuit Monday in Montgomery federal court. The Alabama Constitution dictates that people convicted of felonies involving “moral turpitude” will no longer be…
Republicans were unable to muster enough votes to put “right-to-work” language in the Alabama Constitution saying workers can’t be required to join unions. The proposed constitutional amendment narrowly failed in the House of Representatives. Lawmakers were three votes short of the 63 needed. The proposal is largely symbolic since Alabama is already a “right-to-work’ state. State law for decades has…
