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Alabama voted to remove racist language from its constitution, according to CNN projects.
Although segregation has not been legal in Alabama since the 1950s, a section that requires black and white children to attend schools separated by race remains in the state constitution.
There are also sections on electoral taxes, men's rights, and men's only, to vote in the state, and the state ban on interracial marriage.
Many of those sections have been repealed, but the language has remained in the official document.
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Now, after Amendment 4 passed Tuesday with nearly 67% of the vote, state lawmakers can draft a "rearranged version" of the lengthy document that removes racist language and consolidates the amendments that apply to the same city. or county.
"This is a great day in the state of Alabama, where we show the rest of the country that we are not the Alabama of 1901, that we are a more inclusive Alabama, whose documents reflect who we are today," said the proponent of the amendment, the State Representative Merika Coleman on Tuesday, cited by CNN affiliate WBRC.
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However, the approval of the amendment does not mean that the change will be immediate.
The state Legislature will meet for a constitutional convention in 2022 to review the document.
Once it is revised, voters will have to pass the new constitution for it to become law.
This is the third time in 16 years that this issue has appeared on the ballot.
Voters rejected the amendment in 2004 and again in 2012. The issue also came up earlier in the Legislature, but has yet to pass.
- CNN's Scottie Andrew contributed to this report.
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