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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 to be "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 "Stand & Deliver" project, which tracks bills that have been introduced and compares them to original political platforms, voters can determine whether promises made are promises kept.

Stand & Deliver reports that prior to starting the 2008 session, a total of 1476 bills have been "introduced" - in other words had at least a first reading in either the House of Representatives or Senate - but only a handful of those bills relate to the promises pledged by the Governor, Republicans or Democrats.

As Stand & Deliver updates the bill tracking, website visitors are encouraged to participate in the process by notifying Stand & Deliver´s website administrator of legislative updates.

Together, Alabamians can take a stand and hold their legislators accountable to "stand and deliver."