Voters Consider Removing Racist Language and Fighting Text Bloat

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Alabama’s Recompiled Constitution Ratification Question would update the state’s constitution. The new constitution would remove racist language and reorganize the text. Proponents say that the measure will make Alabama a more welcome place. LoadingSomething is loading.

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A “yes” on Alabama’s Recompiled Constitution Ratification Question would ratify an updated state constitution and remove racist and defunct Jim Crow-era language, among other changes. The current state constitution dates to 1901 and now spans more than 400,000 words after hundreds of amendments over the decades.

Ballot measure details

Alabama’s Recompiled Constitution Ratification Question would edit the state’s constitution to make it easier to read, delete repetitive sections, and get rid of outdated laws and racist language.

For example, it would remove language that states that marriage between a white and Black person is illegal. It would also remove language that states “colored children” are not allowed in white schools.

Support and opposition

There has been bipartisan support of Alabama’s Recompiled Constitution Ratification Question as well support from the Southern Poverty Law Center.

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