<P> At 310,296 words, the document is 12 times longer than the average state constitution, 44 times longer than the U.S. Constitution, and is the longest and most amended constitution still operative anywhere in the world . The English version of the Constitution of India, the longest national constitution in the world, is about 117,369 words long, one - third the length of Alabama's . </P> <P> The constitution gives the Alabama Legislature the power to administer most counties directly, with only a few counties having even limited home rule . This supported provisions that essentially disenfranchised most blacks and poor whites, and further limited local autonomy . As a result, about 90 percent of the document's length, as of 2017, is made up of its 926 amendments . About 75 percent of the amendments cover individual counties or cities, and some are so detailed as to deal with salaries of specific officials (e.g. Amendment 480 and the Greene County probate judge). As a result, Alabama has a very high number of constitutional officers and the constitution makes it very difficult for residents of most counties to solve their own problems . </P> <P> The Preamble runs: </P> <Dl> <Dd> We the people of the State of Alabama, in order to establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, invoking the favor and guidance of Almighty God, do ordain and establish the following Constitution and form of government for the State of Alabama . </Dd> </Dl>

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