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Two statewide ballot measures were certified for the 2024 ballot in the state of Alabama. One measure appeared on the March 5 ballot and one were on the November 5, 2024, ballot.

HIGHLIGHTS

Voters rejected a constitutional amendment that was on the March 5, 2024 ballot.

Voters decided on one constitutional amendment on the November 5 ballot.

On the ballot

March 5, 2024:

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Administration; State legislatures	Exempt local laws or local constitutional amendments from the budget isolation resolution process		341,515 (49%)	359,850 (51%)

November 5, 2024:

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Education; Budgets	Authorize the Franklin County Board of Education to manage, sell, or lease lands and natural resources within the Franklin County School System located in Walker and Fayette Counties	a	1,155,588 (74%)	398,196 (26%)

Potential measures

For 2024, measures that were certified for the ballot are available here, and measures that failed to make the ballot are available here.

Getting measures on the ballot

As of 2023, Alabama state law did not allow for initiatives or referendums; therefore, all measures must be referred to the ballot by the Alabama Legislature.

According to Article 18 of the Alabama Constitution, both houses of the Alabama State Legislature are required to pass a proposed constitutional amendment by a three-fifths or 60 percent vote in order to send it to the statewide election ballot. If the amendment is approved by a simple majority of the voters, it becomes part of the state constitution.

Not on the ballot

Type	Number	Title	Subject	Description	Status
LRCA	HB 151	State Lottery and Gambling Amendment	Gambling	Allow the state legislature to provide by law for a state lottery, pari-mutuel wagering at specified locations, raffles, and bingo; allow the governor to negotiate a gambling compact with the Poarch Band of Creek Indians
LRCA	HB 166	Authorize Legislature to Change Compensation of County Officers and Sheriff in General or Local Law Amendment	Salaries of government officials	Allow the state legislature to provide by general or local law for changes to salaries for county officers or a county sheriff; provided that the changes cannot take effect until the next term of office for such official

Historical facts

See also: List of Alabama ballot measures and History of Initiative & Referendum in Alabama

In Alabama, a total of 102 ballot measures appeared on statewide ballots between 1987 and 2020. Eighty ballot measures were approved, and 22 ballot measures were defeated.

Alabama statewide ballot measures, 1987-2020
Total number	Annual average	Annual minimum	Annual maximum	Approved		Defeated
				#	%	#	%
102	4.25	0	15	80	78.43	22	21.57

See also

• 2024 ballot measures
• List of Alabama ballot measures
• History of Initiative & Referendum in Alabama
• Campaign finance requirements for Alabama ballot measures