Alabama Blount County Annexation, Amendment 4 (2008)
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The Alabama Blount County Annexation Amendment, also known as Amendment 4, was on the ballot in Alabama on November 4, 2008, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was approved. This measure proposed that in order to annex territory in Blount County, a municipality must be located, at least in part, in Blount County. An exception could be made if the voters of Blount County approved the annexation.[1]
Election results
| Alabama Amendment 4 (2008) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 620,915 | 56.91% | ||
| No | 470,066 | 43.09% | ||
Election results via: Alabama Votes
Text of measure
The question on the ballot:
| Relating to Blount County, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to prohibit any municipality that is not located wholly or in part within the boundaries of Blount County on the effective date of this amendment from annexing any territory within Blount County without the approval of the electorate of Blount County expressed in a vote on the issue of the annexation. (Proposed by Act 2008-285)[2][3] |
See also
- Alabama 2008 ballot measures
- 2008 ballot measures
- List of Alabama ballot measures
- History of Initiative & Referendum in Alabama
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Alabama Votes, accessed December 10, 2015
- ↑ Alabama Votes, accessed December 10, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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