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Hartselle Enquirer

Know your ballot: statewide amendments to be decided Nov. 6

By Spencer Good

For the Enquirer

 

Alabama voters will head to the polls Nov. 6 to decide on a number of statewide amendments as well as elect local leaders. The polls will be open from 7 a.m. – 7 p.m.

The following candidates and amendments and will appear on Tuesday’s ballot:

Governor

Kay Ivey (R) and Walt Maddox (D)

Lieutenant Governor

Will Ainsworth (R) and Will Boyd (D)

United States Representative, 5th Congressional District

Mo Brooks (R) and Peter Joffrion (D)

Attorney General

Steve Marshall (R) and Joseph Siegelman (D)

State Senator, District No. 3

Arthur Orr (R) or Write-in

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

Tom Parker (R) and Bob Vance Jr. (D)

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, Place No. 1

Sarah Hicks Stewart (R) or Write-in

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, Place No. 3

Tommy Bryan (R) or Write-in

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, Place No. 4

Jay Mitchell (R) and Donna Wesson Smalley

Court of Civil Appeals Judge, Place No. 1

Christy Olinger Edwards (R) or Write-in

Court of Civil Appeals Judge, Place No. 2

Chad Hanson (R) or Write-in

Court of Civil Appeals Judge, Place No.3

Terry A. Moore (R) or Write-in

Court of Criminal Appeals Judge, Place No. 1

Richard Minor (R) or Write-in

Court of Criminal Appeals Judge, Place No. 2

Chris McCool (R) or Write-in

Court of Criminal Appeals Judge, Place No. 3

Bill Cole (R) or Write-in

Secretary of State

John H. Merril (R) and Heather Milam (D)

State Treasurer

John McMillan (R) or Write-in

State Auditor

Miranda Karrine Joseph (D) and Jim Zeigler (R)

Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries

Rick Pate (R) or Write-in

Public Service Commission, Place No. 1

Jeremy H. Oden (R) and Gara Y. McClure (D)

Public Service Commission, Place No.2

Chris “Chip” Beeker Jr. (R) and Kari Powell (D)

State Board of Education, District No. 6

Cynthia McCarty (R) or Write-in

State Representative, District No.4

Jo Ann Cummings (D), Parker Duncan Moore (R), and Polan “Pete” Willis Jr. (IND)

State Representative, District No. 7

Kenneth A. Brackins (D) and Proncey Robertson (R)

State Representative, District No. 8

Terri Collins (R) and Billy Jackson (D)

State Representative, District No. 9

Scott Stadthagen (R) or Write-in

State Representative, District No. 11

Randall Shedd (R) or Write-in

Circuit Court Judge 8th Judicial Circuit, Place No. 1

Jennifer Millwee Howell (R) or Write-in

Circuit Court Judge 8th Judicial Circuit, Place No. 2

Charles Elliott (R) or Write-in

Circuit Court Judge 8th Judicial Circuit, Place No. 3

Stephen Fate Brown (R) or Write-in

Circuit Court Judge Morgan County, Place No. 2

Shelly Slate Waters (R) or Write-in

Circuit Clerk, Morgan County

Chris Priest (R) or Write-in

Morgan County Judge of Probate

Greg Cain (R) or Write-in

Morgan County Commission, District No. 1

Jeff Clark (R) and Samuel T. King (D)

Morgan County Commission, District No. 2

Randy Vest (R) or Write-in

Morgan County Sheriff

Ron Puckett (R) or Write-in

Morgan County Coroner

Jeff Chunn (R) or Write-in

Morgan County Board of Education Superintendent

Glenn Bryant (D) or Bill W. Hopkins Jr. (R)

Morgan County Board of Education, District No. 1

Billy J. Rhodes (R) or Write-in

Morgan County Board of Education, District No. 5

Jimmy Dobbs (R) or Write-in

The following amendments will also be available to vote on:

Amendment No. 1

“Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, providing for certain religious rights and liberties; authorizing the display of the Ten Commandments on state property and property owned or administrated by a public school or public body; and prohibiting the expenditure of public funds in defense of the constitutionality of this amendment (Proposed by Act 2018-389)”

Amendment No. 2

“Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended; to declare that otherwise affirm that it is the public policy of this state to recognize and support the sanctity of unborn life and the rights of unborn children, most importantly the right to life in all manners and measures appropriate and lawful; and to provide that the constitution of this state does not protect the right to abortion or require the funding of abortion. (Proposed by Act 2017-188)”

Amendment No. 3

“Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, relating to the Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama, to specify that the congressional districts from which members are appointed continue to reflect those as constituted on January 1, 2018, to remove the State Superintendent of Education from membership, and to delete the requirement that members vacate office at the annual meeting to the board following their seventieth birthday. (Proposed by Act 2018-132)

Amendment No. 4

“Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to provide that, if a vacancy in either the House of Representatives or the Senate occurs on or after October 1 of the third year of a quadrennium, the seat would remain vacant until a successor is elected at the next succeeding general election. (Proposed by Act 2018-276)”

Amendment No. 5

“Relating to Morgan County, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to propose a local constitutional amendment to provide that effective beginning the next term of office the annual salary of the Sheriff of Morgan County would be $5,000 less than the annual salary of the char of the Morgan County Commission and to provide that all allowances or amounts received by the sheriff for feeding prisoners would be deposited in a special account and used only for that purpose. (Proposed by Act 2018-92)

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