Alabama voters decline to remove racist language from constitution over right to education concerns

[JURIST] Alabama voters rejected Amendment 4 [SB 112 text, PDF] on Tuesday, which would have removed references to segregation and poll taxes from the state's Constitution [text], over concerns about language addressing the right to education. The amendment, rejected by a vote of 61 percent [Fox WBRC report], proposed to "delete those remaining 'Jim Crow' provisions of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, which have not been expressly repealed by vote of the people." The ballot text provided: "Proposing an...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2012/11/alabama-voters-decline-to-remove-racist-language-from-constitution-over-right-to-education-conerns.php

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