By Hannah Curran, Editor
TRUSSVILLE — Alabama voting polls open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 8, for voters 18 or older to vote in the 2022 Alabama General Election. As of press time,67 of 67 counties have been accounted for.
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In the Alabama Governor race, incumbent Kay Ivey (Rep.) was declared the winner shortly after the polls closed. Ivey currently has 944,845 votes (66.93%), Yalonda Flowers (Dem.) followed with 411,687 votes (29.16%), and Jimmy Blake (Lib.) had 45,823 votes (3.25%).
Running for Lieutenant Governor is incumbent Will Ainsworth (Rep.) won with 955,372 votes (83.69%), and Ruth Page-Nelson (Lib.) with 178,069 votes (15.60%).
U.S. Senate seat that’s open due to the retirement of Republican Richard Shelby. For the U.S. Senate seat Katie Britt (Rep.) was declared the winner and currently has 940,048 votes (66.64%), Will Boyd (Dem.) followed with 435,428 votes (30.87%), and John Sophocleus (Lib.) with 32,790 votes (2.32%).
In the Attorney General race, incumbent Steve Marshal (Rep.) was declared the winner and currently has 953,284 votes (67.91%), and Wendell Major (Dem.) has 449,193 votes (32.00%).
Well Allen (Rep.) was declared winner for Secretary of State with 923,206 votes (65.90%), Pamela Laffitte (Dem.) followed with 435,558 votes (31.09%), and Matt Shelby (Lib.) had 41,480 votes (2.96%).
For the United States Representative 6th Congressional District roll, Gary Palmer (Rep.) was declared the winner with 154,058 votes (83.73%) and Andria Chieffo (Dem.) had 27,792 votes (15.11%).
Locally, in the Jefferson County Sheriff’s race, incumbent Mark Pettway (Dem.) leads with 102,440 votes (52.09%), and Jared Hudson (Rep.) has 94,077 votes (47.84%).
In St. Clair County, Springville and Odenville voted to increase property tax, and vote counters began to tally ballots after 7 p.m. when polls closed. The yeses in the Springville referendum are holding on by razor-thin margins.
The unofficial vote for Springville, with 6 out of 7 precincts (85.71%) for proposed taxation 2,508 and against proposed tax 2,425. Odenville with 6 out of 7 precincts (85.71%) for proposed taxation 1,768 and against proposed tax 2,269.
Voters also voted on the Constitution of Alabama of 2022 Proposing adoption of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, which is a recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, prepared in accordance with Amendment 951, arranging the constitution in proper articles, parts, and sections, removing racist language, deleting duplicated and repealed provisions, consolidating provisions regarding economic development, arranging all local amendments by county of application, and making no other changes. (Proposed by Act 2022-111)
The Constitution of Alabama of 2022 passed with yes votes standing at 886,270 votes (76.49%) and no votes at 272,384 votes (23.51%).
Also on the ballot were 10 Amendments.
Statewide Amendment 1:
Proposing an amendment to Section 16 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 16 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama 1901, as amended, to create Aniah’s Law, to provide that an individual is entitled to reasonable bail prior to conviction, unless charged with capital murder, murder, kidnapping in the first degree, rape in the first degree, sodomy in the first degree, sexual torture, domestic violence in the first degree, human trafficking in the first degree, burglary in the first degree, arson in the first degree, robbery in the first degree, terrorism when the specified offense is a Class A felony other than murder, and aggravated child abuse of a child under the age of six. (Proposed by Act 2021-201)
The amendment passed with yes votes standing at 1,018,004 votes (80.48%) and no votes at 246,919 votes (19.52%).
Statewide Amendment 2:
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to authorize the state, a county, or a municipality to grant federal award funds or any other source of funding designated for broadband infrastructure by state law to public or private entities for providing or expanding broadband infrastructure. (Proposed by Act 2022-117)
The amendment passed with yes votes standing at 937,436 votes (78.56%) and no votes at 255,874 votes (21.44%).
Statewide Amendment 3:
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to require the Governor to provide notice to the Attorney General and to the victim’s family prior to granting a reprieve or commutation to a person sentenced to death, and to void the reprieve or commutation if the Governor fails to provide notice. (Proposed by Act 2022-256)
The amendment passed with yes votes standing at 991,893 votes (81.89%) and no votes at 219,301 votes (18.11%).
Statewide Amendment 4:
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended; to provide that the implementation date for any bill enacted by the Legislature in a calendar year in which a general election is to be held and relating to the conduct of the general election shall be at least six months before the general election. (Proposed by Act 2021-284)
The amendment passed with yes votes standing at 935,476 votes (79.96%) and no votes at 234,452 votes (20.04%).
Statewide Amendment 5:
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to delete a provision giving the probate court of each county general jurisdiction over orphans’ business. (Proposed by Act 2021-202)
The amendment passed with yes votes standing at 778,586 votes (68.71%) and no votes at 354,527 votes (31.29%).
Statewide Amendment 6:
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, each municipality authorized under Amendment No. 8 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing Section 216.01 of the Recompiled Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, to levy and collect the ad valorem tax pursuant to Amendment No. 8 for the purpose of paying bonds and the interest thereon, and may also levy and collect such ad valorem tax and utilize such funds for capital improvements on a pay-as-you-go basis at a rate not exceeding the rate then lawfully permitted for the municipality to directly pay the costs of public capital improvements, as well as to pay the principal and interest on bonds, warrants, or other securities issued to finance or refinance the costs of the improvements; and to ratify, validate, and confirm the levy and collection of such tax levied and collected for any of these purposes prior to the ratification of this amendment. (Proposed by Act 2021-327)
The amendment passed with yes votes standing at 674,971 votes (60.71%) and no votes at 436,812 votes (39.29%).
Statewide Amendment 7:
Proposing an amendment to revise Amendment 772 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, to specify that all counties and municipalities may exercise the authority and powers granted by Amendment 772 to provide for economic and industrial development; to permit notice for Amendment 772 projects to be published in any newspaper in circulation in the county or municipality; and to ratify all actions and agreements of any county or municipality done under Amendment 772 unless subject to pending judicial proceedings on the date of adoption of this amendment. (Proposed by Act 2022-286)
The amendment passed with yes votes standing at 832,667 votes (75.41%) and no votes at 271,467 votes (24.59%).
Statewide Amendment 8:
Relating to Shelby County, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to bring certain privately owned sewer systems that use public rights-of-way of public roads under the jurisdiction of the Public Service Commission under certain conditions. (Proposed by Act 2021-199)
The amendment passed with yes votes standing at 685,048 votes (71.56%) and no votes at 272,284 votes (28.44%).
Statewide Amendment 9:
Relating to Jefferson County and Tuscaloosa County, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to bring certain privately owned sewer systems that use public rights-of-way of public roads in the city limits of Lake View under the jurisdiction of the Public Service Commission, beginning January 1, 2023 and ending December 31, 2027. (Proposed by Act 2022-288)
The amendment passed with yes votes standing at 681,441 votes (71.44%) and no votes at 272,372 votes (28.56%).
Statewide Amendment 10:
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to authorize the Code Commissioner, contingent upon the ratification of an official Constitution of Alabama of 2022, to renumber and place constitutional amendments ratified before or on the same day as the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, based on a logical sequence and the particular subject or topic of the amendment, and to provide for the transfer of existing annotations to any section of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to the section as it is numbered or renumbered in the Constitution of Alabama of 2022. (Proposed by Act 2022-177)
The amendment passed with yes votes standing at 814,598 votes (74.54%) and no votes at 278,284 votes (25.46%).
The story will be updated as results continue to roll in.
