Alabama

15% of 18-29 year olds voted in Alabama in 2022*

*Source CIRCLE - Youth Voting and Civic Engagement in America

The Alabama voter registration deadline is October 21, 2024. 

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Check your Alabama voter registration status here.

 

Eligibility

In order to register to vote, you must be a U.S. citizen, be a resident of Alabama, be at least 18 years old on or before Election Day, not be barred from voting due to a disqualifying felony conviction, and not have been declared mentally incompetent by a court.

  • College students have a choice of whether they want to vote in Alabama or vote in their home state. You may only be registered and vote at one location.
  • Find more information on disqualifying felonies and restoration of voting rights here.
  • Find more information about the eligibility requirements for voting in Alabama here.

Deadline

The deadline to register to vote in Alabama for the General Election is October 21, 2024.

 

Voter Registration Process

There are three options to register to vote in Alabama: online registration, printing and mailing in a form, or requesting a registration form through the mail by filling out a digital form or by contacting the Division of Elections at 1-800-274-8638.

  • Further voter registration information for Alabama can be found here.

This page was last updated on May 22, 2024.

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Alabama offers in-person and absentee voting in the 2024 General Election. Find more information about important dates in the 2024 Alabama General Election here.

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Vote-By-Mail Practices

In order to vote with an absentee ballot in Alabama, you must fall into one of the eligible categories listed here and complete an absentee ballot application. Click here to access Alabama’s absentee ballot application for each Alabama county.

  • Absentee ballot applications delivered by mail must be be received by your county’s office of the Absentee Election Manager no later than 7 days prior to Election Day (by October 29, 2024), while Absentee ballot applications delivered by hand must be received by your county’s office of the Absentee Election Manager no later than 5 days prior to Election Day (by October 31, 2024).
  • College students living outside of the county in which they are registered are eligible to cast an absentee ballot if they complete an absentee ballot application.
  • Business and medical emergency voting applications can be made after the absentee deadline, but no later than 5:00 pm on the day before the election. See here for the application and emergency qualifications.
  • Alabama requires a copy of your valid photo ID in order to request an absentee ballot.
  • An absentee ballot returned by mail must be received by the Absentee Election Manager by Election Day at noon (November 5, 2024). Hand-delivered absentee ballots must be brought to the office of the Absentee Election Manager by the day before Election Day before 5 p.m. (November 4, 2024).
  • Further absentee voting information for Alabama is listed here.

In-Person Early Voting Practices

Alabama does not offer in-person early voting.

Election Day Practices

On Election Day, the polls are open 7 a.m.-7 p.m. 

  • At the polls, you must present a valid form of photo ID. Acceptable forms are listed here. If an eligible voter doesn’t own a valid form of photo ID, Alabama offers free photo voter IDs at several locations.
  • Further Alabama voting information is listed here.

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Locate your polling place to vote in-person on Election Day here.

 

This page was last updated on May 22, 2024.

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