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Alabama Statewide Amendment 2

A process for consolidating county school systems. 2026 results by county, from Alabama's official results file: Yes 50.9%, No 49.1% statewide.

Statewide

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, to provide a process for the creation of a consolidated county school system by merging two or more contiguous county boards of education; to require the State Board of Education to conduct an impact study on the potential effects of the consolidation; to require publication of the impact study; to provide a procedure for protesting a proposed consolidation of two or more county school systems; and to require the State Board of Education to adopt rules. (Proposed by Act 2026-378)

A yes vote
A vote to adopt this amendment.
A no vote
A vote not to adopt this amendment.
Yes 50.9% No 49.1%

759,506 yes and 732,160 no.

Secretary of State's certified ballot language · State's 2026 election page

The state's unofficial totals. We don't call measures.

By county

67 counties: Yes has the most votes in 37, No has the most votes in 30. The figures for each county are from the same file and add up to the statewide totals.

CountyYesNoVotes
Autauga County52.6%47.4%18,197
Baldwin County60.9%39.1%77,844
Barbour County48.5%51.5%6,559
Bibb County47.2%52.8%5,462
Blount County56.2%43.8%15,425
Bullock County33.1%66.9%2,718
Butler County43.2%56.8%5,796
Calhoun County54.5%45.5%28,979
Chambers County54.9%45.1%9,048
Cherokee County50.9%49.1%7,683
Chilton County49.4%50.6%11,828
Choctaw County35.3%64.7%4,480
Clarke County43.6%56.4%8,127
Clay County56.3%43.7%3,928
Cleburne County56.1%43.9%3,786
Coffee County59.0%41.0%14,713
Colbert County53.5%46.5%16,132
Conecuh County38.8%61.2%3,974
Coosa County51.1%48.9%3,408
Covington County55.7%44.3%9,432
Crenshaw County47.7%52.3%4,060
Cullman County54.3%45.7%24,069
Dale County48.0%52.0%12,548
Dallas County46.9%53.1%11,866
DeKalb County54.9%45.1%16,326
Elmore County50.6%49.4%27,510
Escambia County48.6%51.4%8,007
Etowah County50.6%49.4%27,178
Fayette County50.8%49.2%5,164
Franklin County53.7%46.3%6,790
Geneva County48.7%51.3%8,139
Greene County39.5%60.5%2,764
Hale County34.6%65.4%5,039
Henry County49.3%50.7%5,933
Houston County53.2%46.8%28,429
Jackson County55.4%44.6%12,248
Jefferson County43.2%56.8%222,810
Lamar County56.5%43.5%3,888
Lauderdale County52.7%47.3%25,899
Lawrence County52.2%47.8%8,676
Lee County56.4%43.6%48,529
Limestone County52.4%47.6%35,921
Lowndes County45.8%54.2%3,693
Macon County41.1%58.9%5,596
Madison County51.5%48.5%144,007
Marengo County44.4%55.6%6,502
Marion County49.9%50.1%7,082
Marshall County60.3%39.7%23,562
Mobile County57.2%42.8%110,529
Monroe County45.1%54.9%6,503
Montgomery County42.6%57.4%71,055
Morgan County56.1%43.9%31,879
Perry County42.7%57.3%2,812
Pickens County37.3%62.7%6,197
Pike County47.7%52.3%8,642
Randolph County49.3%50.7%6,360
Russell County56.0%44.0%13,046
Shelby County53.9%46.1%79,156
St. Clair County51.2%48.8%28,178
Sumter County33.9%66.1%3,180
Talladega County50.6%49.4%21,497
Tallapoosa County55.2%44.8%12,544
Tuscaloosa County48.1%51.9%57,652
Walker County50.2%49.8%17,018
Washington County50.0%50.0%5,508
Wilcox County50.1%49.9%3,981
Winston County47.3%52.7%6,175

The share with the most votes in each place is in bold. That's the count, not a result.

Sources & scope

Alabama's official results, these figures first read Nov 12, 2:06 PM. Unofficial until certified. Alabama's page has its other statewide offices, ballot measures and legislature.