City of Sandy Springs Redevelopment Powers Act Referendum
Sandy Springs city, Georgia
My vote power
High
Election date
November 3, 2026
How do we calculate my vote power?
What goes into the rating: Representation: how much weight one vote carries here compared with a statewide vote — the smaller the district, the more each vote counts. Decisiveness: how likely this race is to be close, based on past results or current analyst ratings, plus the number of candidates.
Representation: High · 71 out of 100
This district is a small slice of its state, so each vote here carries much more weight than a vote in a statewide race. About 107,087 people live here.
Show the representation math
score = 50 + 50 × ln(state population ÷ this district's) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50 + 50 × ln(10,940,407 ÷ 107,087) ÷ ln(50,000) = 71.38, measured against a statewide vote in GA (grades: 66+ high, 33+ normal, otherwise low; a statewide race is the 50 baseline)
High representation → My vote power: High.
Ballot Measure
Supports: Government Efficiency
Georgia law lets a city that gets voter approval use redevelopment powers: the city can declare an area it wants to redevelop a tax allocation district, freeze the property-tax base there, and use the growth in property-tax revenue as the area improves to pay for the redevelopment, including borrowing against that future growth through tax allocation bonds. This referendum, required by House Bill 1535, asks whether Sandy Springs may use those powers.
Read the official ballot measure
A YES vote means
A yes vote lets Sandy Springs create tax allocation districts and borrow against future property-tax growth to pay for redevelopment projects.
A NO vote means
A no vote denies the city those redevelopment powers, and the authorizing act is automatically repealed.
Source: sandyspringsga.gov
Source: sandyspringsga.gov