As of press deadline on Tuesday, voters were leaning away from passing Amendment 4, which prohibits municipalities outside Blount County from taxing other municipalities within their police jurisdictions

With 85 percent of boxes reporting Tuesday, 528,099 people (54.93 percent) had voted not to pass the amendment and 433,242 (45.07 percent) had voted yes.

Bill Logan, owner of Logan’s General Store in Blount County, organized a rally on Saturday at his store, with at least 100 people attending to support the amendment.

Present were state Rep. Elwyn Thomas, R-34, and several Blount County officials, including Blount County Commission Chairman and Probate Judge David Standridge, Blount County District Attorney Pamela Casey, Blount County Administrator Ralph Mitchell and commission candidates Allen Armstrong and Chris Chambless.

Hayden officials were also there supporting the cause, including Mayor Thelma Smith and Councilman Don Chambless.

Amy Camp, founder and executive director of Highway 160 Promise, was also cheering on the passage of the amendment.

Camp was active earlier this year in opposing a police jurisdiction sales tax that the city of Warrior attempted to impose upon businesses in unincorporated Blount County.

Warrior’s attempt was the catalyst for Amendment 4. It resulted in 420 land owners annexing 538 pieces of property into the town of Hayden solely to avoid paying taxes to Warrior.

The attempt to collect taxes in a neighboring county also resulted in Blount County residents boycotting Warrior businesses for many months, causing at least one — Jones Cleaners — to close, according to the owners.

As for the controversial Amendment 3, which would take $100 million out of the Alabama trust fund each year to help pay for building roads, voters said no thanks.

The amendment failed with 606,432 (57 percent) voting no and 457,833 (43 percent) voting yes.

Amendment 1, which will decide how the local and state governments will split the revenue from ad velorem tax, was also behind in the polls by press deadline. 528,099 people (53.93 percent) had voted no and 433,272 (45.07 percent) voted yes.

Amendment 2, which makes passing a motion regarding Alabama special county educational taxes require a majority vote instead of the current three-fifths vote, was also leaning toward failing, with 523,903 (52.25 percent) voting no and 478,827 (47.75 percent) voting yes.