Our first hybrid Annual Meeting on Saturday was a success! We were excited that more than 400 members participated in voting on our issue priorities in recent days. And we’re grateful for everyone who took part – before, during and after the meeting – in discussing and reflecting on their vision for a better Alabama. After careful consideration, Arise members voted to renew their commitment to these seven issue priorities in 2023: |
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- Adequate budgets for human services like education, health care and child care, including Medicaid expansion to make health coverage affordable for all Alabamians.
- Tax reform, including untaxing groceries and capping the state’s upside-down deduction for federal income taxes, which overwhelmingly benefits rich households.
- Voting rights, including automatic universal voter registration, removal of barriers to voting rights restoration for disenfranchised Alabamians, and other policies to protect and expand multiracial democracy in the state.
- Criminal justice reform, including retroactive application of state sentencing guidelines and repeal of the Habitual Felony Offender Act.
- Death penalty reform, including a law to require juries to be unanimous in any decision to impose a death sentence.
- Public transportation to empower Alabamians with low incomes to stay connected to work, school, health care and their communities.
- Payday and title lending reform to protect consumers from getting trapped in debt.
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