Measure on the ballot in the 2022 Alabama General Election in Alabama.
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Get StartedA "yes" vote on Amendment 5 supports removing the outdated words "orphans' business" from the Alabama Constitution.
A "no" vote on Amendment 5 opposes removing the outdated words "orphans' business" from the Alabama Constitution.
"Our current constitution of 1901 is an abhorrent, dysfunctional, and unusable document. It is the world's longest constitutional document, riddled with redundant amendments that befuddle even constitutional scholars. More abhorrent, the document contains racial language and provisions, long since declared unconstitutional, based on the idea that some segment of our society are less than human, unable to assume the rights and responsibilities of citizenship. The proposed Alabama Constitution of 2022 is a recompilation of the 1901 Constitution into an orderly and comprehendible document. In addition, it eliminates all now illegal racist language and provisions." - Gerald W. Johnson, Auburn University Emeritus Professor of Political Science, in support of Statewide Amendment 5 (Learn more)
"Alabama Arise is committed to recognizing, teaching about and repairing the damage that state lawmakers perpetrated for generations through codifying racism and racist practices. Racist language and the harmful provisions flowing from it have no place in our state's most important legal document. That is why we urge Alabamians to vote "Yes" on the recompiled state constitution on Nov. 8, 2022." - Alabama Arise, in support of Statewide Amendment 5 (Learn more)
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to delete a provision giving the probate court of each county general jurisdiction over orphans' business.
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