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DeKalb County · Georgia

DeKalb County voting snapshot

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November 3, 2026 · DeKalb County

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New registration deadlineOCT 5For the November electionRequest a mailed ballotOCT 23County must receive your applicationElection DayNOV 37 a.m.–7 p.m. EasternOffices in county guide46Your ballot depends on your address

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How to vote

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  • Advance voting

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    OCT 13–30
    October 13–30. November daily hours and locations are awaiting publication. The county link provides the latest schedule.

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1Your polling information

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2Important deadlines

  1. New registrationOctober 5
  2. Mailed-ballot requestOctober 23 · Received by county
  3. Advance votingOCT 13–30

    October 13–30. November daily hours and locations are awaiting publication. The county link provides the latest schedule.

  4. Election DayNovember 3 · 7 a.m.–7 p.m. Eastern
  5. Domestic mail ballot receivedNovember 3 · 7 p.m.

A general-election runoff, if required, is December 1. Check your county’s separate voting schedule.

All dates & registration details

3Districts & precincts

Your district numbers will appear here after address lookup. Match the office as well as the number.

We do not infer a precinct change or a new polling location from a district number.

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4Your ballot at a glance

Federal and state offices first, then courts, local offices and school board.

Federal offices4 offices

U.S. Senate and U.S. House

Georgia state offices33 offices

Statewide offices and Georgia General Assembly

County & local offices9 offices

County, city and special-district offices

Ballot measures

Statewide · Amendment 1

Amendment 1 · Conservation-use property: maximum eligible acreage

Who votes: All eligible Georgia voters.

Increase the acreage cap for one owner’s qualifying agricultural or timber land under conservation-use assessment from 2,000 to 4,000 acres. The resolution retains the ten-year conservation-use covenant and tax-recapture conditions.

YES: Approve the increase to 4,000 acres.

NO: Keep the constitutional cap at 2,000 acres.

Official ballot wording

Shall the Constitution of Georgia, for the purpose of protecting family farmland, be amended so as to increase the maximum acreage to qualify for assessment and taxation as a bona fide conservation use property from 2,000 acres to 4,000 acres?

Official measure information

Statewide · Amendment 2

Amendment 2 · Nonpartisan elections for probate judges

Who votes: All eligible Georgia voters.

Require all Georgia probate court judges to be elected on a nonpartisan basis. This concerns how those judges are elected.

YES: Require nonpartisan elections for all probate judges.

NO: Leave the Constitution unchanged by this proposal.

Official ballot wording

Shall the Constitution of Georgia be amended so as to require that all probate court judges be elected in nonpartisan elections?

Official measure information

Statewide · Amendment 3

Amendment 3 · Dedicated fund for emergency 9-1-1 systems

Who votes: All eligible Georgia voters.

Authorize the General Assembly to dedicate specified existing revenues, including revenues reallocated by law, to a fund reserved for expanding, maintaining and operating emergency 9-1-1 systems. Money in the fund would carry forward instead of lapsing.

YES: Authorize the dedicated, nonlapsing 9-1-1 fund.

NO: Do not add this constitutional authority.

Official ballot wording

Shall the Constitution of Georgia be amended so as to authorize the General Assembly to dedicate certain existing revenues, including revenues reallocated by law, to a nonlapsing fund to be used exclusively for the expansion, maintenance, and operation of emergency 9-1-1 systems in this state?

Official measure information

Countywide · DeKalb

Education sales tax renewal & school bonds (E-SPLOST)

Who votes: Eligible voters in DeKalb County; school-system bond provisions depend on your school district.

Renews the existing one-percent education sales tax from July 1, 2027 for up to five years, with a total collection cap of $1,046,154,324. Projects benefit DeKalb, Atlanta and Decatur schools. Approval within the DeKalb County School District also authorizes up to $500 million in general obligation school debt.

YES: Approves the tax renewal and the school financing described in the question.

NO: Rejects this proposed renewal and the associated financing authorization.

Official ballot wording

See page 4 of the official composite ballot for the complete project list, school-system allocations and debt provisions.

Official measure information

City of Brookhaven

Higher homestead exemption for seniors and disabled people

Who votes: Eligible voters in the City of Brookhaven.

Increases Brookhaven’s existing homestead exemption for qualifying senior citizens and disabled people from $160,000 to $200,000.

YES: Approves the increase to $200,000.

NO: Keeps the current $160,000 exemption.

Official ballot wording

Shall the Act to incorporate the City of Brookhaven be amended so as to increase the current homestead exemption for senior citizens and disabled persons from $160,000.00 to $200,000.00?

Official measure information

Proposed Tucker annexation area

Tucker annexation (Senate Bill 622)

Who votes: Only voters eligible for the annexation referendum defined in Senate Bill 622. Confirm this question on your personal sample ballot.

Asks whether the annexation of the land described in Senate Bill 622 should take effect. The question does not apply to every DeKalb or Tucker voter.

YES: Approves the annexation act.

NO: Rejects the annexation act.

Official ballot wording

Shall the Act which annexes certain land into the City of Tucker be approved?

Official measure information

Local questions apply only to the city or district shown. Additional questions may appear on your ballot.

Official wording & what YES / NO means

5Candidates & offices

All 46 candidate contests and six ballot questions in DeKalb’s November 3, 2026 composite sample ballot were reviewed on September 21. This county guide includes every district and local contest in that ballot. You vote only in the contests assigned to your address; city wards and the Tucker annexation area require confirmation on your personal sample ballot.

Understanding district and seat labels

A district number belongs to a particular office. Congressional District 5 and State Senate District 5 are different areas.

Read the office, its district or seat, and “Who votes” together. A numbered seat can be elected countywide. Your precinct is the county’s voting area used to assign your polling place.

Federal offices4 offices

U.S. Senate and U.S. House

U.S. House

U.S. House

Georgia state offices33 offices

Statewide offices and Georgia General Assembly

Statewide offices

Georgia General Assembly

County & local offices9 offices

County, city and special-district offices

County offices

Special districts

City & town offices

Brookhaven City Council - District 2

Council District 2

Who votes: Eligible voters in Brookhaven Council District 2, matched to the published DeKalb County council boundary.

  • Conor SenNonpartisan

Special election to fill the unexpired term of Jen Owens. Vote for one.

DeKalb County November sample ballotFull office details

Doraville City Council - District 2, Post 2 At Large

District 2, Post 2 · At large

Who votes: Eligible voters throughout the City of Doraville.

  • Schuyler "Sky" ClarkNonpartisan
  • Tammi Bailey FultsNonpartisan
  • Tom HartNonpartisan
  • Brian KyserNonpartisan
  • Angie Riley TooleyNonpartisan

Special election to fill the unexpired term of Carrie Armistead. The ballot identifies this as an at-large post. Vote for one.

DeKalb County November sample ballotFull office details

Stonecrest City Councilmember - District Post 2

District Post 2

Who votes: Eligible voters in Stonecrest Council District 2, matched to the published DeKalb County council boundary.

  • Telessa AmmonsNonpartisan
  • Yuvette HudsonNonpartisan
  • Bruce McColumn Sr.Nonpartisan

Special election to fill the unexpired term of Terry Fye. Vote for one.

DeKalb County November sample ballotFull office details
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