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Amendment 1: Allow Judges to Deny Bail for Certain Weapon Discharges and Solicitation, Attempt, or Conspiracy to Commit Murder Amendment

Passed with 81.6% yes.

Amendment 1 · Legislative referral · Alabama, May 19, 2026

Yes
689,987
81.6%. The passing rule is not on file.
No
155,652
18.4%
  1. Qualified (Done)

    Sent by the legislature

  2. On the ballot (Done)

    Amendment 1

  3. Election day (Done)

    May 19, 2026

  4. Passed (Done)

    81.6% yes

What a yes vote does

Remove the right of bail for the crimes of shooting or discharging a firearm, explosive, or other weapon into an occupied dwelling, building, railroad locomotive, railroad car, aircraft, automobile, truck, or watercraft, and for the solicitation, attempt, or conspiracy to commit murder.

What moved

How it got on the ballot

The legislature put it before voters.

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