| Recompiled Constitution Ratification Question | |
| Ratify the Recompiled State Constitution | |
| Country: | Alabama |
| Date: | November 8, 2022 |
| Yes: | 888,456 |
| No: | 273,040 |
| Total: | 1,161,496 |
| Mapcaption: | Yes NoOther |
Alabama Recompiled Constitution Ratification Question[1] was held to amend the Constitution of Alabama, replacing it with a more modern version drafted to achieve the following:
Alabama's previous Constitution was established with the explicit purpose of establishing white supremacy in the state.[7] There had been three citizen efforts to strike down the racist and outdated language from the Constitution:
| Amendment 4 | |
| Authorize Legislature to Recompile the State Constitution Measure | |
| Country: | Alabama |
| Date: | November 3, 2020 |
| Yes: | 1,222,682 |
| No: | 607,090 |
| Map: | 2020 Alabama Amendment 4 results map by county.svg |
| Mapcaption: | YesNo |
The referendum was preceded by a 2020 amendment that authorized the Alabama Legislature to draft a new version of the Constitution. Four sections were struck down from the document, including one that established school discrimination.[11]
The measure passed with a wide majority of more than two thirds of the votes. It got its strongest results in Macon and Greene counties, while performing the worst in Covington county.
| County | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | |||||
| data-sort-type="number" | Votes | data-sort-type="number" | Votes | |||
| Autauga | 13,715 | 63.28% | 7,958 | 36.72% | ||
| Baldwin | 59,394 | 67.75% | 28,276 | 32.25% | ||
| Barbour | 4,975 | 66.76% | 2,477 | 33.24% | ||
| Bibb | 4,159 | 54.95% | 3,410 | 45.05% | ||
| Blount | 11,089 | 51.76% | 10,336 | 48.24% | ||
| Bullock | 2,256 | 74.46% | 774 | 25.54% | ||
| Butler | 4,149 | 60.67% | 2,690 | 39.33% | ||
| Calhoun | 26,412 | 67.58% | 12,673 | 32.42% | ||
| Chambers | 8,324 | 70.49% | 3,484 | 29.51% | ||
| Cherokee | 5,781 | 62.52% | 3,465 | 37.48% | ||
| Chilton | 7,890 | 51.8% | 7,341 | 48.2% | ||
| Choctaw | 2,841 | 54.35% | 2,386 | 45.65% | ||
| Clarke | 6,246 | 65.36% | 3,311 | 34.64% | ||
| Clay | 2,672 | 51.62% | 2,504 | 48.38% | ||
| Cleburne | 2,827 | 56.07% | 2,215 | 43.93% | ||
| Coffee | 11,210 | 63.08% | 6,562 | 36.92% | ||
| Colbert | 13,474 | 62.4% | 8,120 | 37.6% | ||
| Conecuh | 2,705 | 63.95% | 1,525 | 36.05% | ||
| Coosa | 2,390 | 57.9% | 1,738 | 42.1% | ||
| Covington | 6,081 | 46.26% | 7,063 | 53.74% | ||
| Crenshaw | 2,593 | 54.53% | 2,162 | 45.47% | ||
| Cullman | 17,361 | 52.58% | 15,655 | 47.42% | ||
| Dale | 10,001 | 64.2% | 5,578 | 35.8% | ||
| Dallas | 9,566 | 72.48% | 3,633 | 27.52% | ||
| DeKalb | 12,564 | 57.81% | 9,168 | 42.19% | ||
| Elmore | 19,517 | 60.35% | 12,824 | 39.65% | ||
| Escambia | 7,155 | 65.32% | 3,798 | 34.68% | ||
| Etowah | 22,493 | 58.8% | 15,759 | 41.2% | ||
| Fayette | 3,253 | 51.11% | 3,112 | 48.89% | ||
| Franklin | 5,417 | 57.74% | 3,964 | 42.26% | ||
| Geneva | 5,350 | 54.47% | 4,472 | 45.53% | ||
| Greene | 2,579 | 75.81% | 823 | 24.19% | ||
| Hale | 3,694 | 64.24% | 2,056 | 35.76% | ||
| Henry | 4,302 | 63.55% | 2,468 | 36.45% | ||
| Houston | 23,777 | 66.07% | 12,211 | 33.93% | ||
| Jackson | 10,488 | 61.39% | 6,596 | 38.61% | ||
| Jefferson | 196,446 | 72.0% | 76,378 | 28.0% | ||
| Lamar | 2,676 | 50.46% | 2,627 | 49.54% | ||
| Lauderdale | 21,267 | 63.0% | 12,489 | 37.0% | ||
| Lawrence | 7,020 | 57.55% | 5,179 | 42.45% | ||
| Lee | 43,319 | 73.52% | 15,602 | 26.48% | ||
| Limestone | 26,836 | 68.84% | 12,146 | 31.16% | ||
| Lowndes | 3,431 | 73.5% | 1,237 | 26.5% | ||
| Macon | 5,210 | 76.87% | 1,568 | 23.13% | ||
| Madison | 120,390 | 75.73% | 38,582 | 24.27% | ||
| Marengo | 4,776 | 59.98% | 3,187 | 40.02% | ||
| Marion | 5,454 | 51.85% | 5,065 | 48.15% | ||
| Marshall | 18,924 | 61.68% | 11,757 | 38.32% | ||
| Mobile | 97,867 | 70.26% | 41,419 | 29.74% | ||
| Monroe | 5,428 | 65.12% | 2,908 | 34.88% | ||
| Montgomery | 55,205 | 71.77% | 21,711 | 28.23% | ||
| Morgan | 26,683 | 63.77% | 15,162 | 36.23% | ||
| Perry | 2,400 | 65.79% | 1,248 | 34.21% | ||
| Pickens | 4,903 | 66.06% | 2,519 | 33.94% | ||
| Pike | 7,011 | 67.0% | 3,453 | 33.0% | ||
| Randolph | 4,910 | 62.43% | 2,955 | 37.57% | ||
| Russell | 11,928 | 73.81% | 4,232 | 26.19% | ||
| Shelby | 20,399 | 57.12% | 15,316 | 42.88% | ||
| St. Clair | 64,944 | 68.63% | 29,685 | 31.37% | ||
| Sumter | 2,494 | 62.55% | 1,493 | 37.45% | ||
| Talladega | 18,314 | 65.65% | 9,581 | 34.35% | ||
| Tallapoosa | 10,071 | 64.32% | 5,587 | 35.68% | ||
| Tuscaloosa | 50,347 | 68.83% | 22,801 | 31.17% | ||
| Walker | 13,602 | 55.57% | 10,877 | 44.43% | ||
| Washington | 4,066 | 64.42% | 2,246 | 35.58% | ||
| Wilcox | 3,363 | 73.14% | 1,235 | 26.86% | ||
| Winston | 4,298 | 50.23% | 4,258 | 49.77% | ||
The measure was broadly accepted, winning more than three fourths of the votes. It succeeded in every county of the state, performing the best in Macon and Madison counties. Conversely, it got its worst result in Choctaw county.
| County | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | |||||
| data-sort-type="number" | Votes | data-sort-type="number" | Votes | |||
| Autauga | 10,468 | 70.62% | 4,356 | 29.38% | ||
| Baldwin | 45,264 | 71.61% | 17,943 | 28.39% | ||
| Barbour | 3,710 | 75.1% | 1,230 | 24.9% | ||
| Bibb | 3,090 | 64.63% | 1,691 | 35.37% | ||
| Blount | 8,808 | 65.68% | 4,603 | 34.32% | ||
| Bullock | 1,486 | 79.13% | 392 | 20.87% | ||
| Butler | 3,233 | 70.74% | 1,337 | 29.26% | ||
| Calhoun | 18,060 | 75.24% | 5,942 | 24.76% | ||
| Chambers | 5,572 | 75.48% | 1,810 | 24.52% | ||
| Cherokee | 4,219 | 70.47% | 1,768 | 29.53% | ||
| Chilton | 6,522 | 64.43% | 3,600 | 35.57% | ||
| Choctaw | 2,285 | 58.95% | 1,591 | 41.05% | ||
| Clarke | 4,807 | 72.62% | 1,812 | 27.38% | ||
| Clay | 2,061 | 62.72% | 1,225 | 37.28% | ||
| Cleburne | 2,219 | 64.66% | 1,213 | 35.34% | ||
| Coffee | 8,657 | 75.85% | 2,757 | 24.15% | ||
| Colbert | 10,234 | 73.37% | 3,715 | 26.63% | ||
| Conecuh | 2,364 | 74.08% | 827 | 25.92% | ||
| Coosa | 2,152 | 69.92% | 926 | 30.08% | ||
| Covington | 5,798 | 69.08% | 2,595 | 30.92% | ||
| Crenshaw | 2,321 | 66.14% | 1,188 | 33.86% | ||
| Cullman | 13,824 | 66.24% | 7,047 | 33.76% | ||
| Dale | 7,463 | 75.43% | 2,431 | 24.57% | ||
| Dallas | 6,808 | 79.49% | 1,757 | 20.51% | ||
| DeKalb | 8,917 | 69.64% | 3,888 | 30.36% | ||
| Elmore | 15,368 | 71.24% | 6,205 | 28.76% | ||
| Escambia | 5,269 | 72.42% | 2,007 | 27.58% | ||
| Etowah | 15,300 | 73.43% | 5,537 | 26.57% | ||
| Fayette | 2,821 | 66.9% | 1,396 | 33.1% | ||
| Franklin | 3,611 | 65.12% | 1,934 | 34.88% | ||
| Geneva | 4,241 | 65.42% | 2,242 | 34.58% | ||
| Greene | 1,465 | 79.4% | 380 | 20.6% | ||
| Hale | 2,796 | 78.06% | 786 | 21.94% | ||
| Henry | 3,911 | 72.61% | 1,475 | 27.39% | ||
| Houston | 17,031 | 74.31% | 5,888 | 25.69% | ||
| Jackson | 6,678 | 69.18% | 2,975 | 30.82% | ||
| Jefferson | 139,184 | 81.45% | 31,689 | 18.55% | ||
| Lamar | 2,221 | 70.4% | 934 | 29.6% | ||
| Lauderdale | 15,119 | 74.48% | 5,180 | 25.52% | ||
| Lawrence | 5,733 | 66.53% | 2,884 | 33.47% | ||
| Lee | 28,259 | 82.43% | 6,025 | 17.57% | ||
| Limestone | 20,189 | 77.13% | 5,985 | 22.87% | ||
| Lowndes | 2,242 | 79.31% | 585 | 20.69% | ||
| Macon | 3,741 | 84.56% | 683 | 15.44% | ||
| Madison | 88,351 | 84.52% | 16,186 | 15.48% | ||
| Marengo | 3,710 | 71.25% | 1,497 | 28.75% | ||
| Marion | 4,186 | 66.28% | 2,130 | 33.72% | ||
| Marshall | 14,272 | 73.51% | 5,142 | 26.49% | ||
| Mobile | 68,834 | 78.06% | 19,342 | 21.94% | ||
| Monroe | 4,006 | 75.63% | 1,291 | 24.37% | ||
| Montgomery | 40,397 | 83.99% | 7,703 | 16.01% | ||
| Morgan | 20,045 | 77.45% | 5,835 | 22.55% | ||
| Perry | 1,787 | 81.45% | 407 | 18.55% | ||
| Pickens | 3,875 | 73.31% | 1,411 | 26.69% | ||
| Pike | 4,790 | 75.94% | 1,518 | 24.06% | ||
| Randolph | 3,387 | 67.6% | 1,623 | 32.4% | ||
| Russell | 7,594 | 80.86% | 1,798 | 19.14% | ||
| Shelby | 48,631 | 80.8% | 11,556 | 19.2% | ||
| St. Clair | 16,296 | 70.44% | 6,840 | 29.56% | ||
| Sumter | 2,043 | 80.21% | 504 | 19.79% | ||
| Talladega | 13,179 | 75.59% | 4,255 | 24.41% | ||
| Tallapoosa | 7,694 | 73.33% | 2,798 | 26.67% | ||
| Tuscaloosa | 32,275 | 77.6% | 9,317 | 22.4% | ||
| Walker | 9,457 | 64.87% | 5,121 | 35.13% | ||
| Washington | 2,868 | 60.79% | 1,850 | 39.21% | ||
| Wilcox | 1,873 | 74.12% | 654 | 25.88% | ||
| Winston | 3,385 | 64.93% | 1,828 | 35.07% | ||
The new Constitution became the seventh in Alabama's history, succeeding the documents adopted in 1819, 1861, 1865, 1868, 1875 and 1901.[12] [13] Alabama joined Utah,[14] Nebraska, Colorado,[15] Vermont, Tennessee and Oregon[16] in striking down slavery and involuntary servitude in their constitutions.