Alabama County Sheriff, Amendment 2 (1952)
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The Alabama County Sheriff, Amendment 2, also known as Amendment 2, was on the ballot in Alabama on November 4, 1952, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was defeated. The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that a sheriff would be elected in each county by the qualified electors, who would hold office for a term of six years, unless sooner removed, and he shall be eligible to run as his own successor, provided that the terms of all sheriffs expiring in the year 1955 are hereby extended until the first Monday after the second Tuesday of January 1957. Whenever any prisoner is taken from jail, or from the custody of any Sheriff or his deputy, and put to death, or suffers grievous bodily harm, owing to the neglect, connivance, cowardice, or other grave fault of the sheriff, such sheriff may be impeached, under section 174 of this constitution. If the sheriff is impeached, and thereupon convicted, he would not be eligible to hold any office in this State during the term for which he had been elected or appointed to serve as sheriff.[1]
Election results
| Alabama Amendment 2 (1952) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 No | 196,283 | 67.60% | ||
| Yes | 94,075 | 32.40% | ||
Election results via: Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1955
See also
- Alabama 1952 ballot measures
- 1952 ballot measures
- List of Alabama ballot measures
- History of Initiative & Referendum in Alabama
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