Alabama Separation of Schools, Amendment 2 (2004)

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The Alabama Separation of Schools Amendment, also known as Amendment 2, was on the ballot in Alabama on November 2, 2004, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was defeated. It proposed to repeal portions of the constitution that mandated racial segregation in schools and levied a poll tax for the right to vote.[1]

Election results

Alabama Amendment 2 (2004)
ResultVotesPercentage
Defeatedd No691,30050.07%
Yes689,45049.93%

Election results via: Alabama Votes

Text of measure

The question on the ballot:

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to repeal portions of Section 256 and Amendment 111 relating to separation of schools by race and repeal portions of Amendment 111 concerning constitutional construction against the right to education, and to repeal Section 259, Amendment 90, and Amendment 109 relating to the poll tax. (Proposed by Act 2003-203)[2][3]

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Footnotes

  1. Alabama Votes, accessed December 3, 2015
  2. Alabama Votes, accessed December 3, 2015
  3. Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.