Alabama Election of the Sheriff, Amendment 4 (1944)
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The Alabama Election of the Sheriff, Amendment 4, also known as Amendment 4, was on the ballot in Alabama on November 7, 1944, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was defeated. The amendment proposed to amend the constitution: Article 5, Section 138. The amendment proposed that a county sheriff may serve a term of six years and may run as his own successor. The sheriff may be impeached for the death or bodily harm made to a prisoner due to neglect, connivance, cowardice or other grave fault of the sheriff or his deputies.[1]
Election results
| Alabama Amendment 4 (1944) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 No | 80,181 | 50.43% | ||
| Yes | 78,812 | 49.57% | ||
Election results via: Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1947
See also
- Alabama 1944 ballot measures
- 1944 ballot measures
- List of Alabama ballot measures
- History of Initiative & Referendum in Alabama
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