The Ballot Brief
2026 Ballot Measures

Alabama Statewide Ballot Measures 2026

Alabama voters will decide 4 statewide measures in 2026. The full list is below, all on the November 3, 2026 general election ballot. Summaries below stick to the certified ballot language, with no editorializing.

Statewide Amendment 1: Lieutenant governor vacancies, legislative salaries and legislative travel spending

Constitutional amendment (legislative referral)

A yes vote

Supports filling a lieutenant governor vacancy that occurs in the first two years of a term by election, letting the Legislature set the pay of the lieutenant governor and legislative officers, and requiring a legislative officer to approve legislative travel spending.

A no vote

Keeps the current constitutional rules on lieutenant governor vacancies, salaries and legislative travel spending.

YES supports this change · NO keeps current law

Read the certified ballot question

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, to provide for the election of a Lieutenant Governor if the Office of Lieutenant Governor becomes vacant during the first two years of a term, to authorize the Legislature to set the salary of the Lieutenant Governor and officers of the Legislature, and to require any expenditure of legislative funds for travel to be approved by a legislative officer (Act 2026-341).

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Statewide Amendment 2: Process for consolidating county school systems

Constitutional amendment (legislative referral)

A yes vote

Supports creating a constitutional process, with a published State Board of Education impact study and a protest procedure, for merging two or more neighboring county school systems.

A no vote

Keeps current law, which has no constitutional consolidation process for county school systems.

YES supports this change · NO keeps current law

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Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, to provide a process for the creation of a consolidated county school system by merging two or more contiguous county boards of education; to require the State Board of Education to conduct an impact study on the potential effects of the consolidation; to require publication of the impact study; to provide a procedure for protesting a proposed consolidation of two or more county school systems; and to require the State Board of Education to adopt rules (Act 2026-378).

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Statewide Amendment 3: Daily Pledge of Allegiance and student-led prayer policies in public schools

Constitutional amendment (legislative referral)

A yes vote

Supports requiring local school boards to adopt policies for a daily Pledge of Allegiance in every public K-12 school and a policy authorizing student-initiated, student-led prayer.

A no vote

Leaves current law on the pledge and school prayer unchanged.

YES supports this change · NO keeps current law

Read the certified ballot question

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, to require local boards of education to adopt policies requiring each public K-12 school to recite The Pledge of Allegiance to the United States flag at the beginning of each school day; and to require local boards of education to adopt a policy authorizing student-initiated and student-led prayer (Act 2026-379).

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Statewide Amendment 4: Weekly Star-Spangled Banner in public schools

Constitutional amendment (legislative referral)

A yes vote

Supports requiring local school boards to adopt policies for each public K-12 school to broadcast or sanction a performance of the first stanza of The Star-Spangled Banner at least once a week during school hours.

A no vote

Leaves schools without this constitutional requirement.

YES supports this change · NO keeps current law

Read the certified ballot question

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, to require local boards of education to adopt policies requiring each public K-12 school to broadcast or sanction the performance of the first stanza of The Star-Spangled Banner at least once per week during school hours (Act 2026-424).

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Local ballot questions in Alabama

10 county, city, school district and special-district questions from official ballot lists in 9 counties. These appear below the statewide measures on the ballots of the jurisdiction named; the county page shows every race and question together.

These measures appear on every ballot in the state. See your full ballot with your ZIP code

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About these measures
Four statewide constitutional amendments appear on the November 3, 2026 general election ballot in the language certified by the Secretary of State on August 26, 2026. Each passes with a simple majority of votes cast on the amendment. Counties listed in the certification also vote on local constitutional amendments (senior property tax exemptions, probate judge equity jurisdiction and similar county-only questions) that appear only on that county's ballot.

Titles and summaries follow each state's certified measure list from its election office or legislature, with links to the full text. Measure lists can change until final certification; always confirm with your state election office.