2026 ballot measure forecast
Alabama Statewide Amendment 1
Lieutenant governor vacancies and legislative officer pay
Provides an election to fill a lieutenant governor vacancy early in a term, lets the Legislature set pay for the lieutenant governor and legislative officers by joint resolution, and requires a legislative officer to approve legislative travel spending. The forecast has Yes at 69.0 percent against the 50 percent it needs, a 97% chance to pass.
Chance to pass
97%2,000 simulations
Forecast Yes
69.0%80% range 57 to 80
Needs
50%a simple majority
Polling average
NoneNo public polls found
Where the Yes vote lands
needs 50
2035506580- History and structure
- 69.0% Yes
- Polls
- None
- Forecast
- 69.0% Yes
- Yes leans
- Neither party
The campaign
Sponsored by Sen. Sam Givhan R; passed both chambers unanimously; no organized campaign reported.
No +30Yes +30Click a county to zoom · arrow keys step through counties by size
Where the margin is won
Yes +612,833 net votes from 67 countiesStatewide Yes +38.0, a 612,833 vote marginNo +0 net votes from 0 counties
Projected vote
1,612,947 votes on the question| Choice | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Yes | 1,112,890 | 69.0% |
| No | 500,057 | 31.0% |
| Total | 1,612,947 | 100% |
| County | Yes | No | Total | Yes share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson County | 151,994 | 68,296 | 220,290 | 69.0% |
| Madison County | 94,172 | 42,314 | 136,486 | 69.0% |
| Mobile County | 86,643 | 38,931 | 125,574 | 69.0% |
| Baldwin County | 57,622 | 25,891 | 83,513 | 69.0% |
| Shelby County | 53,704 | 24,131 | 77,835 | 69.0% |
| Montgomery County | 47,868 | 21,509 | 69,377 | 69.0% |
| Tuscaloosa County | 43,471 | 19,533 | 63,004 | 69.0% |
| Lee County | 35,043 | 15,746 | 50,789 | 69.0% |
| Morgan County | 25,495 | 11,456 | 36,951 | 69.0% |
| Limestone County | 24,685 | 11,092 | 35,777 | 69.0% |
| Calhoun County | 23,718 | 10,657 | 34,375 | 69.0% |
| Houston County | 22,395 | 10,063 | 32,458 | 69.0% |
| Etowah County | 21,219 | 9,535 | 30,754 | 69.0% |
| St. Clair County | 20,983 | 9,428 | 30,411 | 69.0% |
| Lauderdale County | 20,660 | 9,283 | 29,943 | 69.0% |
| Elmore County | 20,330 | 9,135 | 29,465 | 69.0% |
| Cullman County | 20,210 | 9,081 | 29,291 | 69.0% |
| Marshall County | 18,863 | 8,476 | 27,339 | 69.0% |
| Talladega County | 16,840 | 7,567 | 24,407 | 69.0% |
| Walker County | 14,062 | 6,319 | 20,381 | 69.0% |
| Autauga County | 13,744 | 6,176 | 19,920 | 69.0% |
| DeKalb County | 13,648 | 6,132 | 19,780 | 69.0% |
| Colbert County | 13,133 | 5,901 | 19,034 | 69.0% |
| Blount County | 12,839 | 5,769 | 18,608 | 69.0% |
| Coffee County | 11,239 | 5,050 | 16,289 | 69.0% |
| Jackson County | 10,922 | 4,908 | 15,830 | 69.0% |
| Russell County | 10,237 | 4,600 | 14,837 | 69.0% |
| Tallapoosa County | 10,106 | 4,541 | 14,647 | 69.0% |
| Dale County | 9,709 | 4,362 | 14,071 | 69.0% |
| Chilton County | 9,460 | 4,251 | 13,711 | 69.0% |
| Covington County | 8,665 | 3,893 | 12,558 | 69.0% |
| Dallas County | 8,635 | 3,880 | 12,515 | 69.0% |
| Lawrence County | 7,972 | 3,582 | 11,554 | 69.0% |
| Escambia County | 7,610 | 3,419 | 11,029 | 69.0% |
| Chambers County | 7,185 | 3,228 | 10,413 | 69.0% |
| Pike County | 6,834 | 3,071 | 9,905 | 69.0% |
| Marion County | 6,551 | 2,944 | 9,495 | 69.0% |
| Clarke County | 6,326 | 2,842 | 9,168 | 69.0% |
| Geneva County | 6,278 | 2,821 | 9,099 | 69.0% |
| Cherokee County | 6,084 | 2,734 | 8,818 | 69.0% |
| Franklin County | 5,905 | 2,653 | 8,558 | 69.0% |
| Winston County | 5,352 | 2,405 | 7,757 | 69.0% |
| Randolph County | 5,247 | 2,358 | 7,605 | 69.0% |
| Barbour County | 5,153 | 2,315 | 7,468 | 69.0% |
| Marengo County | 5,140 | 2,310 | 7,450 | 69.0% |
| Monroe County | 5,098 | 2,291 | 7,389 | 69.0% |
| Henry County | 4,871 | 2,189 | 7,060 | 69.0% |
| Pickens County | 4,711 | 2,117 | 6,828 | 69.0% |
| Bibb County | 4,603 | 2,068 | 6,671 | 69.0% |
| Macon County | 4,492 | 2,018 | 6,510 | 69.0% |
| Butler County | 4,467 | 2,007 | 6,474 | 69.0% |
| Washington County | 4,264 | 1,916 | 6,180 | 69.0% |
| Fayette County | 4,105 | 1,845 | 5,950 | 69.0% |
| Hale County | 3,806 | 1,710 | 5,516 | 69.0% |
| Cleburne County | 3,625 | 1,629 | 5,254 | 69.0% |
| Choctaw County | 3,568 | 1,603 | 5,171 | 69.0% |
| Crenshaw County | 3,349 | 1,505 | 4,854 | 69.0% |
| Lamar County | 3,313 | 1,489 | 4,802 | 69.0% |
| Clay County | 3,253 | 1,462 | 4,715 | 69.0% |
| Conecuh County | 3,168 | 1,423 | 4,591 | 69.0% |
| Lowndes County | 2,985 | 1,341 | 4,326 | 69.0% |
| Sumter County | 2,975 | 1,337 | 4,312 | 69.0% |
| Wilcox County | 2,799 | 1,257 | 4,056 | 69.0% |
| Coosa County | 2,738 | 1,230 | 3,968 | 69.0% |
| Perry County | 2,357 | 1,059 | 3,416 | 69.0% |
| Bullock County | 2,206 | 991 | 3,197 | 69.0% |
| Greene County | 2,186 | 982 | 3,168 | 69.0% |
Projected 2026 votes: each county's expected turnout, less the roughly 6 percent of voters who skip a ballot question, times its forecast Yes share. The measure needs 50.0 percent Yes to pass.
Polls of the measure
no polls| Pollster | Sample | Ended | Yes | No | Undecided | Yes, adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No public polls of this measure. The forecast rests on how comparable measures have run and how it reached the ballot. | ||||||
How this is built
Statewide Amendment 1 is forecast as a government and ethics measure whose Yes vote leans to neither party. Comparable measures from 2018 to 2024 set how far its Yes share moves with Alabama's partisanship and with each county's 2024 presidential vote, and how it reached the ballot moves it further. Polls then pull the forecast toward them by recency and size, after splitting undecided voters two to one for No. Sources: alabamareflector.com, theballotbrief.com, sos.alabama.gov. All measures.