Ballot Questions

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?” 

This amendment would allow the State of Georgia to create the Georgia Next Generation 9-1-1 Fund, which would provide funding for upgrades to the state’s emergency response infrastructure. By voting YES, the state Legislature would be allowed to create a dedicated funding mechanism for the Georgia Next Generation 9-1-1 Fund. 

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?” 

Conservation Use Valuation Assessment, CUVA, eases the property tax burden on production farmland, timberland, and conservation properties, incentivizing landowners to keep that land in agricultural production or conservation. By voting YES the maximum acreage allowed per individual in CUVA would be increased from 2,000 acres to 4,000 acres, supporting family farms and keeping farmland in production. 

SHALL THE CONSTITUTION OF GEORGIA BE AMENDED SO AS TO REQUIRE THAT ALL PROBATE COURT JUDGES BE ELECTED IN NONPARTISAN ELECTIONS?” 

Probate judges are the only judicial office in Georgia that run in a partisan election. By voting YES, this amendment would require all probate judges to run without a party affiliation on a non-partisan basis.