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Decision 26 — Alabama and Georgia amendments 2026: every question on the ballot, what it does and the live yes and no count

Results are coming in

Counting votes · Updated 2:11 PM ET
U.S. Senate
46Republicans52Democrats
Won tonightNot up this year2 to be decided
U.S. House
156Republicans · 36 leaning186Democrats · 40 leaning
Won tonightLeaning17 to be decided

Seats outside Georgia and Alabama called by civicAPI

Alabama

Statewide amendments
Amendment 1Lieutenant governor vacancies

Fills a vacant lieutenant governor’s office by election, lets lawmakers set that office’s pay and their leaders’, and makes their travel spending need approval.

65.4%Yes · 987,29934.6%No · 522,130
Passed
Amendment 2Merging county school systems

Lets neighbouring county school systems merge into one, after a state study and a yes vote in each county.

50.9%Yes · 759,50649.1%No · 732,160
Passed
Amendment 3Pledge and student prayer in schools

Has public schools say the Pledge of Allegiance each morning and allows prayer that students start and lead.

62.6%Yes · 974,64537.4%No · 582,918
Passed
Amendment 4National anthem in schools

Has public schools play or perform the first verse of the national anthem at least once a week.

58.6%Yes · 909,25941.4%No · 642,958
Passed

Georgia

Statewide amendments
Amendment 1Farmland tax break

Raises the most farm and timber land one owner can put in the conservation-use tax break from 2,000 to 4,000 acres.

53.9%Yes · 2,159,76446.1%No · 1,850,805
49% counted
Amendment 2Nonpartisan probate judges

Elects every probate judge without a party label on the ballot.

68.4%Yes · 2,747,66431.6%No · 1,271,913
49% counted
Amendment 3911 fund

Lets lawmakers keep existing 911 fees in a fund that can only pay for 911 service.

77.7%Yes · 3,129,49122.3%No · 896,408
49% counted

County questions

Russell · Macon
School taxCountywide school tax

Renews the 4.5-mill property tax for county schools for 30 years. An existing tax, not a new one.

54.2%For · 7,19045.8%Against · 6,078
100% counted
School taxPhenix City school tax

Renews the 4-mill property tax for Phenix City schools for 30 years. An existing tax, not a new one.

54.5%For · 3,25445.5%Against · 2,722
100% counted
Local Amendment 1Probate judge age limit

Sets 75 as the oldest age a person can be when they qualify for election or are appointed as Macon County probate judge.

64.5%Yes · 3,64435.5%No · 2,002
100% counted

Results from the Georgia and Alabama Secretaries of State · Candidates and questions as printed on the ballots

Photos, made black and white: official portraits · the candidates’ campaigns · Wayne Rogers: Wayne Rogers campaign, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, our black-and-white copy under the same licence