Amendment 2 Recount Begins

An automatic recount of votes in the Nov. 2 referendum on Amendment 2 has begun. The proposed constitutional amendment failed by .13%. Alabama law provides for an automatic recount in any election in which the margin is less than 1%.

If the recount doesn't show that the amendment passed by a majority of votes, legislators have promised to submit it again, minus a provision that would have removed language stating that there is no right to a public education in Alabama.