Ballot measure · Georgia · November 3, 2026

Amendment 1

Title as the state lists it: Increases the maximum qualifying acreage for assessment and taxation as bona fide conservation use property.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

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

A yes vote

A yes vote would raise the most land a single owner can enroll for property tax assessment as bona fide conservation use property, which is valued on its current farm or timber use under a covenant to keep it in that use, from 2,000 acres to 4,000 acres.1 House Resolution No. 32, Section 1 and Summary

A no vote

A no vote would keep the most land a single owner can enroll for property tax assessment as bona fide conservation use property, which is valued on its current farm or timber use under a covenant to keep it in that use, at 2,000 acres.1,4 Art. VII, Sec. I, Para. III(e)(1)

§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 General Assembly proposed this amendment in House Resolution 32 (Ga. L. 2025, p. 1081). The ballot lists it as proposed constitutional amendment number 1.1,2

It is on Georgia's list of statewide measures for November 3, 2026.1,2,3 None of the official sources we read calls the list certified or final, so we don’t either. What we couldn't confirm about the list is in the notes on Georgia's measures.

§3What it needs to pass

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

A majority of the votes on it. The amendment passes if a majority of the voters who vote on it vote yes.4 Art. X, Sec. I, Para. II