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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

Live results starting
tonight at 7:00PM EST

National

Polls are open · Georgia closes 7 PM ET, Alabama 7 PM CT
U.S. Senate
31Republicans34Democrats
Won tonightNot up this year35 to be decided
U.S. House
0Republicans0Democrats
Won tonight435 to be decided

Alabama

Statewide amendments
AlabamaPolls close 7 PM CT
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.

AlabamaPolls close 7 PM CT
Amendment 2Merging county school systems

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

AlabamaPolls close 7 PM CT
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.

AlabamaPolls close 7 PM CT
Amendment 4National anthem in schools

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

Georgia

Statewide amendments
GeorgiaPolls close 7 PM ET
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.

GeorgiaPolls close 7 PM ET
Amendment 2Nonpartisan probate judges

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

GeorgiaPolls close 7 PM ET
Amendment 3911 fund

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

Russell County

School tax renewals
Russell CountyPolls close 7 PM CT
School taxCountywide school tax

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

Phenix City School DistrictPolls close 7 PM CT
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.

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