Another Reason to Vote at the Very Least This Fall

[Politic Negro]

Tennessee residents to vote on four proposed amendments to state constitution in November

Voters will see the candidates for governor, the amendments, races for the US House of Representatives and Hamilton County's remaining offices that are up for grabs.
The four amendments are as follows:

1. An amendment to Article XI, of the Constitution of Tennessee, relative to the right to work.
2. An amendment to Article II and Article III of the Constitution of Tennessee, relative to the exercise of the powers and duties of the Governor during disability.
3. An amendment to Article I, Section 33 of the Constitution of Tennessee, to prohibit slavery and involuntary servitude.
4. An amendment to Article IX, of the Constitution of Tennessee, relative to disqualifications.

Click here to read the exact language that will appear on the ballot.

A “yes" vote would amend the constitution and adopt the proposed language.
A “no" vote would leave the constitution as is.
Voters will head to the polls on November 8.

 

[Politic Negro]

Alabama Constitution of 2022 removes repealed laws, racist language

Voters will decide on Nov. 8 whether to ratify the recompiled version of the Constitution of 1901.

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Section 256


Section 256 in the Constitution of 1901 required “separate schools for white and colored children.”


After the U.S. Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board of Education ruling outlawed segregated schools in 1954, Alabama amended Section 256 (Amendment 111 in 1956) but tried to keep the door open for segregation. The amended version of Section 256 says, in part, “The legislature may authorize the parents or guardians of minors, who desire that such minors shall attend schools provided for their own race, to make election to that end.”


The Constitution of 2022 deletes that portion of Section 256 as well as the original section that mandated segregated schools. Also deleted was a provision from the 1956 amendment that said the Legislature could “require or impose conditions or procedures deemed necessary to the preservation of peace and order.”