MONTGOMERY , Ala., Aug. 26 (UPI) -- A bill to allow voters to decide if Alabama should have a state lottery was passed by the state's House of Representatives on its second try.
After the House voted 61-37 to approve the bill Thursday, two short of the number needed, supporters won a reconsideration motion to arrange another vote. This rare move in Alabama's legislature paved the way for success; two representatives changed their votes, another voted in favor after previously abstaining, and the bill passed by 64-35.