Fulton County · Georgia

Ballot measures

Read what each question would do, who votes on it, and the meaning of YES and NO. This guide does not recommend a voting choice.

Georgia statewide questions

Georgia statewide · HR 32

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.

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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 ballot PDF or question source

Checked 2026-09-27

Georgia statewide · HR 251

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.

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

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Checked 2026-09-27

Georgia statewide · HR 1243

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.

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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 ballot PDF or question source

Checked 2026-09-27

County & city questions

A question may apply countywide, within one city, or outside a city. Your mailing address’s city name alone is not enough to decide.

Fulton County outside Atlanta

Transportation sales tax (TSPLOST)

Who votes: Fulton County voters outside the City of Atlanta.

A 0.75% sales and use tax for transportation improvements and congestion reduction, for up to five years. The county notice gives April 1, 2027–March 31, 2032 as the proposed collection period.

YES Approve the proposed transportation sales tax.

NO Reject this proposed transportation sales tax.

Read the question and source

Read the county’s November 3 consolidated sample ballot for the full question and applicable jurisdiction.

Official ballot PDF or question source

Checked 2026-09-11

Fulton County

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

Who votes: All eligible Fulton County voters.

Renew the 1% education sales tax from July 1, 2027 for up to 20 calendar quarters, with a maximum of $2,095,680,577 for Fulton County Schools and Atlanta Public Schools capital projects. Approval also authorizes up to $350 million in Atlanta Public Schools general obligation bonds payable from its share of the tax.

YES Renew the education sales tax and approve the associated APS bond authority.

NO Reject this proposed renewal and associated bond authority.

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The official question includes detailed project lists for both school systems. Read the complete question on page 4 of the county sample ballot before deciding.

Official ballot PDF or question source

Checked 2026-09-11

City of Sandy Springs

Redevelopment powers

Who votes: Eligible City of Sandy Springs voters.

Authorize Sandy Springs to exercise the powers provided by Georgia’s Redevelopment Powers Law.

YES Approve the city’s authority under the Redevelopment Powers Law.

NO Do not grant this authority through this referendum.

Read the question and source

Read the county’s November 3 consolidated sample ballot for the full question and applicable jurisdiction.

Official ballot PDF or question source

Checked 2026-09-11

City of Palmetto

City property-tax exemption for qualifying older homeowners

Who votes: Eligible City of Palmetto voters within this county guide.

The county sample ballot asks about a 100% city ad valorem tax exemption for Palmetto residents age 65 or older by January 1, 2026 who own and occupy their primary home in the city. This question concerns city taxes; it does not describe a blanket exemption from every tax.

YES Approve the proposed city property-tax exemption.

NO Reject the proposed exemption.

Read the question and source

Read the county’s November 3 consolidated sample ballot for the full question and applicable jurisdiction.

Official ballot PDF or question source

Checked 2026-09-11

Make sense of local tax language

SPLOST means a special purpose local option sales tax. E-SPLOST funds education capital purposes; TSPLOST is for transportation. A sales tax is different from a property tax or homestead exemption. Read each question’s rate, duration, spending limits, projects and any borrowing authority.

Approval thresholds and effects depend on the kind of question. Florida’s amendment rules do not apply to a Georgia ballot.