During Alabama's 2006 state election, the incumbent governor and state political parties committed to policy platforms, promising to fulfill them by the end of their four-year term. The issues addressed in their platforms were considered tobe pressing on each party's agenda. Yet pressing as these promises are, history has proven that platforms are too often forgotten, leaving legislators off the hook and voters in the dark.

Now, thanks to the Alabama Policy Institute's "Right to Know" project, which tracks bills that have been introduced and compares them to original political platforms, voters can determine whether promises made are promises kept.

For a detailed account of the legislative process, please visit: www.legislature.state.al.us/misc/legislativeprocess/legislativeprocess_ml.html 

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