Ballot measure · Alabama · November 3, 2026

Statewide Amendment 2

On Alabama's statewide ballot on November 3, 2026.1,2,3

Research draftReferred by the legislatureConstitutional amendment
How it got there
Referred by the legislature
Kind of measure
Constitutional amendment
To pass
A majority of the votes on it
Researched
October 27, 2026

Research draft. We gathered this from official sources on October 27, 2026: election offices, state laws and court records, each linked to its source. Separate reviewers checked a random sample of 48 facts from the ballot-measure research against the cited sources and found no errors. The rest hasn't been reviewed fact by fact yet, so check the linked source before relying on anything here.

§1What your vote means

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A yes vote

A yes vote would let two or more neighboring county school boards merge into one multi-county school system by agreement, after a State Board of Education impact study is posted for at least 30 days, with a public vote required if 25 percent of voters in any affected system file a written protest within 30 days.3 Proposed amendment, subsections (a) to (c)

A no vote

A no vote would leave the constitution without this process for merging county school systems, so the impact study, protest and referendum steps it sets out would not be created.3

More about it

If a merger goes to a public vote, it takes place only if a majority of voters across the combined area of the affected school systems approve it at the next regular general election.3 Proposed amendment, subsection (c)(2)

§2How it got on the ballot

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Referred by the legislature. The legislature voted to put it on the ballot.1,2,3

Constitutional amendment. It would change the state constitution.1,2,3

The Legislature proposed this amendment in 2026 as Act 2026-378 (House Bill 380).1,3

It is on Alabama's list of statewide measures for November 3, 2026.1,2,4 One of these official sources itself calls the list certified or final. What we couldn't confirm about the list is in the notes on Alabama's measures.

§3What it needs to pass

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A majority of the votes on it. The amendment passes if a majority of the voters who vote on it vote yes.3,5 Act 2026-341, § 3; this act directs a vote under Ala. Const. §§ 284 and 285