Ballot measure · Georgia · November 3, 2026

Amendment 3

Title as the state lists it: Authorizes creation of Georgia Next Generation 9-1-1 Fund for 9-1-1 systems expansion, maintenance, and operation.^1,2,3,4

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 the General Assembly create by law a Georgia Next Generation 9-1-1 Fund, dedicate revenue from specified sources to it, and require that its money be spent only on expanding, maintaining and running 9-1-1 systems, with deposits that carry over from year to year instead of lapsing.^1,2 Where in the source: Section 1, new Art. III, Sec. IX, Para. VI(s)

A no vote

A no vote would not authorize this fund, so state money for 9-1-1 systems would stay under the constitution's general rules, which bar tying an appropriation to the proceeds of a particular tax and make unspent appropriations lapse at the end of the budget year.^2,5 Where in the source: Art. III, Sec. IX, Para. IV(c) and Para. VI(a)

§2How it got on the ballot

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Referred by the legislature. The legislature voted to put it on the ballot.^1,2,3,4

Constitutional amendment. It would change the state constitution.^1,2,3,4

The General Assembly proposed this amendment in House Resolution 1243 (Ga. L. 2026, p. 1109). The ballot lists it as proposed constitutional amendment number 3.^1,2,3

It is on Georgia's list of statewide measures for November 3, 2026.^1,3,4 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

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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.⁵ Where in the source: Art. X, Sec. I, Para. II