Alabama Interracial Marriage, Amendment 2 (2000)

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The Alabama Interracial Marriage Amendment, also known as Amendment 2, was on the ballot in Alabama on November 7, 2000, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was approved. It proposed to repeal Article 1V, Section 102 of the Alabama Constitution which prohibits interracial marriages.[1]

Election results

Alabama Amendment 2 (2000)
ResultVotesPercentage
Approveda Yes801,72559.49%
No545,93340.51%

Election results via: Alabama Votes

Text of measure

The question on the ballot:

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to abolish the prohibition of interracial marriages. (Proposed by Act No. 1999-321)[2][3]

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Footnotes

  1. Alabama Votes, accessed December 3, 2015
  2. Alabama Votes, accessed December 3, 2015
  3. Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.