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Article: Taxing issues: geography, politics and the 2003 Tax Reform Referendum in Alabama.
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- Southeastern Geographer
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- November 1, 2004
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In 2002, conservative Republican Bob Riley was elected governor of Alabama on a platform of cutting spending and freezing taxes. But within weeks of taking office, Riley proposed a tax reform package which promised to increase the state's tax receipts and reduce its tax code's highly regressive character. The tax reform package was submitted to the voters in September 2003, and rejected by more than a two to one margin. This article examines the electoral politics and geography of Riley's efforts to reform Alabama's tax system including the spatial pattern of voting on the reform pack age. It finds that Riley's political base of Christian conservatives was substantially ...
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