Alabama Constitution

The Alabama Constitution is the basic governing document of the U.S. state of Alabama. It was adopted in 1901 and is the sixth constitution that the state has had. At over 310,000 words, the document is 12 times longer than the average state constitution, 40 times longer than the U.S. Constitution, and is the longest still-operative constitution anywhere in the world. About 90 percent of the document's length comes from its 772 (as of 2005) amendments.

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U.S. state - Alabama - 1901 - Constitution - State constitution - U.S. Constitution - As of 2005 - Amendment

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About 70 percent of those amendments cover only a single county or city, and some deal with salaries of specific officials (e.g. Amendment 408 and the Greene County probate judge and many others). This gives Alabama an unusually large number of constitutional officers.

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County - City - E.g. - Greene County - Probate - Judge - Constitutional officer

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