Ballot Measures, May 24, 2022
Alabama voters decided 1 statewide ballot measure on May 24, 2022.
Ballot measures
| Measure | Description | Result |
|---|
| Amendment 1 | Issue $85 million in bonds for historical sites and state parks | Passed (77% yes) |
General Election, November 8, 2022
Alabama held its general election on November 8, 2022, deciding 140 legislative seats and 9 statewide offices led by the governorship. No chamber changed party control.
Highlights
- Alabama's Republican majorities came out of November exactly the size they went in, so the night's most lasting result was on the measure side of the ballot, where voters overwhelmingly approved a recompiled constitution that strips racist language from the 1901 document.
- Gov. Kay Ivey (R) won a second full term by roughly 38 points over Yolanda Flowers (D), the first Black woman to win a major party's nomination for governor in Alabama. Republicans swept the rest of the statewide ballot. Attorney General Steve Marshall, Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth, Agriculture Commissioner Rick Pate, and Treasurer Young Boozer III were re-elected, and Wes Allen won secretary of state and Andrew Sorrell auditor, all Republicans.
- Of the 140 legislative seats, 76 had only one candidate on the ballot. Just 2 seats changed hands, one in each direction, and both by unseating an incumbent. In Montgomery, Phillip Ensler (D) unseated incumbent Rep. Charlotte Meadows (R) in House District 74 by about 20 points, becoming the first Democrat to flip a state House seat since 2010. In Henry and Houston counties, political newcomer Rick Rehm (R) beat Rep. Dexter Grimsley (D) by about 8 points in House District 85, ending his three terms.
- Voters approved all 11 statewide questions on the ballot. Besides the new constitution and its companion, Amendment 10, which adds the other amendments approved that day to the recompiled document, they included:
- Amendment 1, known as Aniah's Law, which lets judges deny bail to people charged with a list of violent crimes after a hearing.
- Amendment 2, letting federal relief money go to providers to expand broadband.
- Amendment 3, requiring the governor to notify the attorney general and try to notify the victim's family before commuting a death sentence.
- Amendment 4, requiring changes to general-election law to take effect at least six months before the election.
Legislature
- House (105 seats): 28 D, 77 R before the election, 28 D, 77 R after; control stayed with Republicans.
- Senate (35 seats): 8 D, 27 R before the election, 8 D, 27 R after; control stayed with Republicans.
Statewide races
Legislative races
Ballot measures
| Measure | Description | Result |
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| Amendment 1 | Allow the Legislature to provide for offenses for which bail can be denied | Passed (80% yes) |
| Amendment 10 | Authorize the Code Commissioner to incorporate voter-approved amendments into the Alabama Constitution of 2022 | Passed (75% yes) |
| Amendment 2 | Authorize the state or local government to grant federal funds to public or private entities to expand or provide for broadband internet infrastructure | Passed (79% yes) |
| Amendment 3 | Require the governor to provide notice before granting a commutation or reprieve of a death sentence | Passed (82% yes) |
| Amendment 4 | Require changes to laws governing the conduct of a general election to be implemented at least six months before the general election | Passed (80% yes) |
| Amendment 5 | Remove orphans' business from probate courts' jurisdiction | Passed (69% yes) |
| Amendment 6 | Authorize specified cities to use established property taxes to fund capital improvements | Passed (61% yes) |
| Amendment 7 | Change the requirements for local governments to finance economic and industrial development | Passed (75% yes) |
| Amendment 8 | Provide that the Public Service Commission shall regulate certain private sewer systems in Shelby County | Passed (72% yes) |
| Amendment 9 | Provide that the Public Service Commission shall regulate certain private sewer systems in Lake View | Passed (71% yes) |
| Question | Approve the Alabama Constitution of 2022 | Passed (76% yes) |