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Alabama Legislative Ratification for Marion County, Amendment 13 (1957)
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The Alabama Legislative Ratification for Marion County, Amendment 13, also known as Amendment 13, was on the ballot in Alabama on December 17, 1957, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was defeated. The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the "provisions of an act of the legislature approved on the seventeenth day of June 1957 relative to the powers of Marion County to provide for schools and other improvements, being Act No. 29, H. B. 107, 1957 Regular Session, are hereby ratified, validated, and confirmed, any provisions of the Constitution of Alabama as amended to the contrary notwithstanding."[1]
Election results
| Alabama Amendment 13 (December 1957) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 No | 67,591 | 65.25% | ||
| Yes | 35,992 | 34.75% | ||
Election results via: Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1959
See also
- Alabama 1957 ballot measures
- 1957 ballot measures
- List of Alabama ballot measures
- History of Initiative & Referendum in Alabama
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Footnotes
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