Alabama Statewide Amendment 1

What it does

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, to provide for the election of a Lieutenant Governor if the Office of Lieutenant Governor becomes vacant during the first two years of a term, to authorize the Legislature to set the salary of the Lieutenant Governor and officers of the Legislature, and to require any expenditure of legislative funds for travel to be approved by a legislative officer. (Proposed by Act 2026-341)

A YES vote means

A vacancy in the lieutenant governor's office during the first two years of a term would be filled by election, the Legislature could set the salaries of the lieutenant governor and legislative officers, and legislative travel spending would need a legislative officer's approval.

A NO vote means

Current constitutional provisions on a lieutenant governor vacancy, those officers' salaries, and legislative travel spending would stay as they are.

Needed to pass

A simple majority

Put on the ballot by

the Legislature

Official text: source

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• Statewide Amendment 2
• Statewide Amendment 3
• Statewide Amendment 4

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