An AFOA member sent this to us, but did not or could not give us the source. The recommendations are different from previous commentaries we picked up from the Alabama Policy Institute, Alabama Farmers Federation and AL.com.
VOTE NO TO REWRITING ANY AMENDMENTS
Rewriting OUR CONSTITUTION One Amendment At A Time
Remember each time you vote for an amendment you are allowing the legislature
to rewrite your Constitution for you. Wonder whose best interest they have at
heart?
Amendment 1
A rewrite to grant the right to vote to only those U.S. Citizens who meet
certain criteria and are Citizens of this State and the United States. We
already have laws on the books which define the certain criteria and require
voters to be Citizens of this State and the United States before they can vote.
VOTE NO
Amendment 2
A rewrite to change the appointing process for the head of the Administrative
Office of Court (the office which administrates our court system). IT
INCREASES THE JUDICIAL INQUIRY COMMISSION FROM 9 RETIRED JUDGES TO 11 RETIRED
JUDGES AND IT TAKES YOUR RIGHT AS A TAXPAYER TO REMOVE A JUDGE FROM OFFICE FOR
UNLAWFUL BEHAVIOR AND PLACES IT SOLELY AND COMPLETELY IN THE HANDS OF THE
JUDICIAL INQUIRY COMMISSION. Currently 5 resident taxpayers under Alabama
Law through court action can remove a judge or any other public servant for
unlawful conduct. (SEE ALABAMA CODE OF 1975 Section 36-11-6). VOTE NO
Amendment 3
Increases the time limit from one year to two years an appointed district or
circuit judge can hold office before running for election. Currently an
appointed judge can hold office for 1 year or until the term expires. This
amendment will extend term limits for appointed judges and create unnecessary
expense in order to hold elections offset to regular elections. VOTE NO
Amendment # 4 pertaining to the Alabama Constitution
Amendment 4 is being touted as a recompilation of the Alabama Constitution. What
this means according to the Alabama Legislature is taking out racist language.
The issue here is the Alabama Constitution received a recompilation around 2004
which purged all the language which was construed as racist. This creates an
opportunity to rewrite rather than recompile. Having removed racist language
in the prior 2004 recompilation – Could there be an unspoken motive on the part
of the sponsors of this amendment?
VOTE NO