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Alabama ballot measures · 2026

Statewide Amendment 4 Weekly Star-Spangled Banner in public schools

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Constitutional amendment (legislative referral)On the November 3, 2026 ballot

Alabama Statewide Amendment 4 (Weekly Star-Spangled Banner in public schools) is on the November 3, 2026 ballot. Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, to require local boards of education to adopt policies requiring each public K-12 school to broadcast or sanction the performance of the first stanza of The Star-Spangled Banner at least once per week during school hours (Act 2026-424).

What a yes or no vote means

A YES vote Supports requiring local school boards to adopt policies for each public K-12 school to broadcast or sanction a performance of the first stanza of The Star-Spangled Banner at least once a week during school hours.
A NO vote Leaves schools without this constitutional requirement.
Read the certified ballot question

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, to require local boards of education to adopt policies requiring each public K-12 school to broadcast or sanction the performance of the first stanza of The Star-Spangled Banner at least once per week during school hours (Act 2026-424).

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How it reached the ballot

Statewide Amendment 4 reached the Alabama ballot as a constitutional amendment (legislative referral).

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