Alabama Amendments Election June 5, 2007

[DWPerry]

How will they do? How would you vote?

"Shall the following Amendments be adopted to the Constitution of Alabama?"
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS WHICH APPLY TO THE STATE AT LARGE

PROPOSED STATEWIDE AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE (1)
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended relating to the Capital Improvement Trust Fund to increase the amount of the General Obligation Bonds authorized herein and to provide for competitive bidding of said bonds. (Proposed by Act No. 2007-005)

YES ()

NO ()

PROPOSED STATEWIDE AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO (2)
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to require
that funds dedicated for the purpose of paying health care costs of retired state and educational employees be used for that purpose. (Proposed by Act No. 2007-007)

YES ()

NO ()

END OF BALLOT

[they don't love you like i love you]

I'd vote yes on both. I bet both will fail though.

[??????????]

Not sure what the 1st one does, very technical language. But yes on the 2nd one.

[DownWithTheLeft]

Well, number 2 is a novel idea, why the hell do you need an amendment to make sure funds are put where they belong?

[Verily]

Well, number 2 is a novel idea, why the hell do you need an amendment to make sure funds are put where they belong?

You remember Gore's lockbox? It was going to stop Congress from pulling money out of the Social Security Trust Fund to waste it elsewhere. But no, everyone had to ridicule him for it instead of seeing it as a good idea.

[??????????]

Well, number 2 is a novel idea, why the hell do you need an amendment to make sure funds are put where they belong?

You remember Gore's lockbox? It was going to stop Congress from pulling money out of the Social Security Trust Fund to waste it elsewhere. But no, everyone had to ridicule him for it instead of seeing it as a good idea.

The difference here is that there was no actual "trust fund" to begin with.

[jimrtex]

I'd vote yes on both. I bet both will fail though.

Alabama has the longest state constitution.  I bet both will pass to help maintain their lead over Texas.

[DWPerry]

Not sure what the 1st one does, very technical language. But yes on the 2nd one.

Basically, it allows the Governor the right to borrow ALOT of money that he can then give to out-of-State or foreign businesses as bribes to come to the State.

He is supporting TV ads, saying that a vote no will raise taxes & hinder State growth.

[DWPerry]

Here are the unofficial results according to the Associated Press.

Amendment 1, with 99 percent of the precincts reporting,
188,929 yes (80%)
48,395 no (20%)

Amendment 2, with 99 percent of the precincts reporting,
200,418 yes (84%)
38,755 no (16%)

[Alcon]

Well, that was decisive.

[DWPerry]

Alabama's Constitution now has almost 800 Amendments - many that affect only one county