Governmental Operations

• Pass a constitutional amendment requiring all state contracts above $2500 to be bid competitively.

• Limit unbid emergency contracts to only one month and allow a special legislative committee to approve or reject them.

• Require lobbyists who seek to influence the governor's office or state agencies to register with the State Ethics Commission like those who seek to influence the Legislature.

• Require lobbyists to start disclosing every dime they spend entertaining elected or appointed public officials.

• Ban "pass-through pork," which is money for a legislator's special project that is hidden within an agency's budget.

• Require public officials to file more detailed financial disclosure statements and post them on the Internet so any citizen can see them without driving to Montgomery.

Constitution

• Don't rewrite the whole state constitution with a constitutional convention. Instead, create the Alabama Citizens' Constitution Commission to recommend selected changes in the constitution. The changes would have to be approved by the Legislature and Alabama voters.

• Provide opportunities for counties to have limited home rule, but require a public referendum to raise any tax.

• Look at unearmarking tax dollars that are set aside for specific functions of state government other than education.

• Give the governor line-item veto power in the state budgets to eliminate frivolous projects.

Education

• Create the Governor's Commission on Education Spending to look at how education dollars have been spent.

• Base state budgets on the amount of money taken in last year, not on revenue forecasts.

• Allow the creation of charter schools in Alabama.

• Increase parental involvement in schools by requiring a parent or adult family member to pick up a child's report card in person each semester.

Crime

• Institute truth in sentencing and make sure similar crimes receive similar sentences, regardless of a defendant's race, income or position.

• Pass a law to provide tough penalties on companies and their officers when they mislead the public about their financial condition.

• Look at paying other states to house Alabama prisoners.

Voting

• Require voters to show a photo ID at the polls or sign an affidavit swearing to their identity.

• Require absentee voters to provide the last four digits of their Social Security number for identification.

• Require campaign workers to stand 200 feet from a polling place instead of 30 feet.

Transportation

• Create the Alabama Transportation Commission to prioritize highway planning and approve the budget for the state transportation department, rather than having the department completely under the governor's control.

• Start bidding contracts for consultant engineers.