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.

Very likely to passConstitutional amendment referred by the legislatureGovernment and ethicsUpdated October 17, 2026
Chance to pass
97%
2,000 simulations
Forecast Yes
69.0%
80% range 57 to 80
Needs
50%
a simple majority
Polling average
None
No public polls found

County forecast

67 of 67 counties vote Yes
No +30Yes +30Hover a county for its forecast
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.

Polls of the measure

no polls
PollsterSampleEndedYesNoUndecidedYes, 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.