Tennessee’s 2026 constitutional amendment questions

What voters will decide

Tennessee voters will face multiple ballot questions on Nov. 3, 2026. Three of those questions are proposed amendments that could change the Tennessee State Constitution.

The constitutional questions are distinct from the other ballot questions appearing that day. Voters should identify which items would alter the Constitution before marking their choices. The measures are not directly linked to a candidate race.

A candidate selection and a decision on a ballot question address different parts of the ballot, even when they appear in the same election. The amendment questions give voters a direct role in deciding whether the State Constitution should change.

How to read the questions

The central distinction is the effect of each question. For three measures, the decision concerns a possible change to the State Constitution. The remaining ballot question or questions are not identified as proposed constitutional amendments.

Voters can review each item separately and focus on the change described in its ballot text rather than treating all questions as one package. The Nov. 3 ballot is therefore not limited to choosing officeholders: It also asks Tennesseans to make direct decisions on written proposals.

The subject and wording of each proposed amendment will determine what a vote on that item would do. When reviewing the ballot, voters can distinguish the three constitutional questions from the other questions and consider every proposal on its own terms.