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==Statewide ballot measures== | ==Statewide ballot measures== | ||
* | * Ratification of the recompiled [[2022 Alabama Constitution]]. | ||
** Yes: | ** Yes: | ||
** No: | ** No: | ||
* '''Statewide Amendment | * '''Statewide Amendment 1''', allows the state legislature to designate criminal offenses for which bail can be denied. If approved, the companion legislation known as [[Aniah's Law]] would take effect. | ||
** Yes: | ** Yes: | ||
** No: | ** No: | ||
* '''Statewide Amendment | * '''Statewide Amendment 2''', allows local governments to contract for broadband internet infrastructure improvements under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. | ||
** Yes: | ** Yes: | ||
** No: | ** No: | ||
* '''Statewide Amendment | * '''Statewide Amendment 3''', requires a Governor to provide notice to the Attorney General and to the families of victims before commuting a criminal sentence. | ||
** Yes: | ** Yes: | ||
** No: | ** No: | ||
* '''Statewide Amendment | * '''Statewide Amendment 4''', requires changes to laws regarding the conduct of a general election to be implemented at least 6 months before election day. | ||
** Yes: | ** Yes: | ||
** No: | ** No: | ||
* '''Statewide Amendment | * '''Statewide Amendment 5''', removes "orphans' business" from the jurisdiction of county probate courts. It is believed that the change would have no practical effect as such matters are already under other authority. | ||
** Yes: | ** Yes: | ||
** No: | ** No: | ||
* '''Statewide Amendment | * '''Statewide Amendment 6''', authorizes specific cities to use existing property taxes levied to repay bonds as a source of "pay as you go" funding for ongoing capital improvements. | ||
** Yes: | ** Yes: | ||
** No: | ** No: | ||
* '''Statewide Amendment | * '''Statewide Amendment 7''', clarifies the power of local governments to use public funds to promote economic development projects. | ||
** Yes: | ** Yes: | ||
** No: | ** No: | ||
* '''Statewide Amendment 8''', | * '''Statewide Amendment 8''', gives the Alabama Public Service Commission authority to regulate privately-owned sewage systems in [[Shelby County]]. | ||
** Yes: | |||
** No: | |||
* '''Statewide Amendment 9''', gives the Alabama Public Service Commission authority to regulate privately-owned sewage systems [[Lake View]]. | |||
** Yes: | |||
** No: | |||
* '''Statewide Amendment 10''', directs the state code commissioner to incorporate recently-adopted amendments to the [[Alabama Constitution of 1901]] into the [[2022 Alabama Constitution]]. | |||
** Yes: | ** Yes: | ||
** No: | ** No: |
Revision as of 15:49, 31 August 2022
The 2022 general election, a mid-term election in which the offices of president and vice-president were not contested, was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2022.
In contested races, winners of the 2022 party primaries faced off in the general election. The ballot also included nominees selected without a primary, and independent candidates. For the first time since 2002, the Libertarian Party of Alabama qualified candidates for the statewide ballot by submitting petitions with signatures of more than 3% of the state's qualified voters.
Federal offices
- United States Senate
- Richard Bowers (I)
- Will Boyd (D)
- Katie Britt (R)
- Jarmal Sanders (I)
- John Sophocleus (L)
- United States Representative, 3rd District
- Douglas Bell (I)
- Mike Rogers (R, incumbent)
- Lin Veasey (D)
- United States Representative, 4th District
- Robert Aderholt (R, incumbent)
- Rick Neighbors (D)
- United States Representative, 6th District
- Gary Palmer (R, incumbent), unopposed
- United States Representative, 7th District
- Gavin Goodman (L)
- Beatrice Nichols (R)
- Terri Sewell (D, incumbent)
Statewide offices
- Governor
- Jimmy Blake (L)
- Jared Budlong (I)
- Kay Ivey (R, incumbent)
- Yolanda Flowers (D)
- Lieutenant Governor
- Will Ainsworth (R, incumbent), unopposed
- Attorney General of Alabama
- Wendell Major (D)
- Steve Marshall (R, incumbent)
- Alabama Secretary of State
- Wes Allen (R)
- Pamela Laffitte (D)
- Alabama State Auditor
- Andrew Sorrell (R), unopposed
- Alabama State Treasurer
- Young Boozer (R, incumbent), unopposed
- Alabama State Supreme Court, Place 5
- Greg Cook (R)
- Anita Kelley (D)
- Alabama State Supreme Court, Place 6
- Kelli Wise (R), unopposed
- Alabama Public Service Commission, Place 1
- Jeremy Oden (R, incumbent), unopposed
- Alabama Public Service Commission, Place 2
- Chip Beeker (R, incumbent), unopposed
- Commissioner of the Alabama Department of Agriculture & Industries
- Rick Pate (R, incumbent), unopposed
Alabama State House of Representatives
Alabama State Senate
Jefferson County offices
Statewide ballot measures
- Ratification of the recompiled 2022 Alabama Constitution.
- Yes:
- No:
- Statewide Amendment 1, allows the state legislature to designate criminal offenses for which bail can be denied. If approved, the companion legislation known as Aniah's Law would take effect.
- Yes:
- No:
- Statewide Amendment 2, allows local governments to contract for broadband internet infrastructure improvements under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.
- Yes:
- No:
- Statewide Amendment 3, requires a Governor to provide notice to the Attorney General and to the families of victims before commuting a criminal sentence.
- Yes:
- No:
- Statewide Amendment 4, requires changes to laws regarding the conduct of a general election to be implemented at least 6 months before election day.
- Yes:
- No:
- Statewide Amendment 5, removes "orphans' business" from the jurisdiction of county probate courts. It is believed that the change would have no practical effect as such matters are already under other authority.
- Yes:
- No:
- Statewide Amendment 6, authorizes specific cities to use existing property taxes levied to repay bonds as a source of "pay as you go" funding for ongoing capital improvements.
- Yes:
- No:
- Statewide Amendment 7, clarifies the power of local governments to use public funds to promote economic development projects.
- Yes:
- No:
- Statewide Amendment 8, gives the Alabama Public Service Commission authority to regulate privately-owned sewage systems in Shelby County.
- Yes:
- No:
- Statewide Amendment 9, gives the Alabama Public Service Commission authority to regulate privately-owned sewage systems Lake View.
- Yes:
- No:
- Statewide Amendment 10, directs the state code commissioner to incorporate recently-adopted amendments to the Alabama Constitution of 1901 into the 2022 Alabama Constitution.
- Yes:
- No:
Local ballot measures
References
- Cason, Mike (June 13, 2022) "Alabama voters will see slate of Libertarian candidates in November" The Birmingham News
External links
- 2022 voter guide at sos.alabama.gov
- Alabama Elections, 2022 at ballotpedia.org