Ballot measure · Georgia · November 3, 2026

Amendment 2

Title as the state lists it: Provides for the nonpartisan election of all probate court judges.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 add probate judges to the judges the constitution says must be elected in nonpartisan elections, so every county's probate judge would be elected without a party label.1 House Resolution No. 251, Section 1 and Summary

A no vote

A no vote would keep probate judges out of the constitution's nonpartisan-election rule, which now covers superior court, state court and appellate judges, so the kind of election used for probate judge would stay as current law sets it.1,4 Art. VI, Sec. VII, Para. I

§2How it got on the ballot

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

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 251 (Ga. L. 2026, p. 1110). The ballot lists it as proposed constitutional amendment number 2.1,2

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