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The Alabama Constitution was ratified in 1901. The convention attendees were white supremacist’s and the Constitution’s purpose was to completely exclude black people and poor whites from having any substantive political power.
A major part of this was centralizing all power in Montgomery. Alabama has ZERO home rule options. Just to enact, increase or decrease a county or municipal tax requires a statewide Constitutional Amendment. Certain changes in county or municipal statutes require a statewide Constitutional Amendment.
Essentially, even if blacks control a municipality or county, they must still come crawling to the white State Legislature and the white majority statewide population to actually DO anything.
It is a racist Constitution.
It is a pathetic Constitution.
It simply needs to be burned.