Alabama

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Local guides in Alabama

• Mobile

Key dates

• Last day to register online: Mon, Oct 19Register or update your registration online by 11:59 PM on Monday, October 19. The official Voter Guide: 'If registering to vote electronically, registration must be submitted before 11:59 PM on the registration deadline.' Online registration only works 'if they have a valid Alabama Driver's License or Non-Driver ID card.'
• Last day to register by mail: Mon, Oct 19A paper form 'must be postmarked no later than the registration deadline,' Monday, October 19. Forms are at Probate Judge and License Commissioner offices, libraries, schools, or printable from alabamavotes.gov; mail to your county Board of Registrars.
• Last day to register in person: Mon, Oct 19In person, 'registration must be received before the close of business of the registration deadline,' Monday, October 19, at your county Board of Registrars. Mobile County Board of Registrars: 151 Government St, Suite 165, Mobile 36602, (251) 574-8586.
• Last day to ask for a mail ballot: Tue, Oct 27Mailed applications must be received by the Absentee Election Manager by Tuesday, October 27 (7 days before the election). The SOS press release: 'county absentee election managers must receive mail-in absentee ballot applications by Tuesday, October 27, 2026.' In-person applications: Thursday, October 29 (5 days before), returned by the voter in person. If you apply in person you can vote your absentee ballot right there in the same visit. Include a copy of your photo ID with the application. Emergency absentee, two kinds. (1) An employer unexpectedly requires you to be unavailable on Election Day, you are caregiver for someone who needs emergency treatment by a doctor within five days of the election, or a family member (to the second degree) dies within five days of the election: you can apply after the regular deadline, but 'no later than 5 PM on the day before the election,' Monday, November 2. (2) Your own medical emergency needing a doctor's treatment within five days of the election: the doctor certifies it on the application, you can name someone to handle the application and ballot for you, and 'the voted absentee ballot must be returned no later than noon on the day the election is held,' November 3.
• Can you vote before Election Day?Alabama has no early voting. The closest thing: if you have one of the absentee excuses, go to your county's Absentee Election Manager office (usually the Circuit Clerk; in Mobile County, confirm the location through the SOS lookup), apply in person, and vote your ballot there the same day. That option ends Thursday, October 29, during regular office hours. Without an excuse, your only option is your assigned polling place on November 3.
• Mail ballot deadline: Tue, Nov 3Mail: received by noon on Tuesday, November 3. Hand delivery: in the Absentee Election Manager's office by close of business, and no later than 5 PM, on Monday, November 2. Postmarks do not count for regular absentee voters (only for military and overseas UOCAVA voters).
  • Mail it (USPS or a commercial carrier like FedEx/UPS) to the Absentee Election Manager so it arrives by noon on Tuesday, Nov 3
  • Hand-deliver your own ballot to the Absentee Election Manager's office by close of business (no later than 5 PM) on Monday, Nov 2
  • No drop boxes exist in Alabama
  • Nobody else may return your ballot for you; the only exception is a designee you name on a medical-emergency application
• Election Day: Tue, Nov 3You can vote from 7 AM to 7 PM. If you are in line by 7:00 PM, you get to vote. The official Voter Guide: 'Anyone who attempts to join the voting line after 7:00 P.M. shall not be permitted to vote.' Hours are local time; Mobile and nearly all of Alabama are on Central Time (a few polling places near the Georgia line run on Eastern).

How voting works in Alabama

Most people vote in person at their assigned polling place on Election Day, Tuesday, November 3, 7 AM to 7 PM. Alabama has no early voting. If you can't be there that day and have one of the legal excuses, you can vote absentee by mail or in person at your county's absentee office.

Where to vote

• Find your Election Day polling place
• Track your mail ballot
• Check your registration
• See official sample ballots

What to bring

Photo ID required in person.

• Valid Alabama driver's license, including the ALEA Digital Driver's License (not expired, or expired less than 60 days)
• Valid Alabama non-driver ID, including the ALEA Digital Non-Driver ID (not expired, or expired less than 60 days)
• Alabama free Photo Voter ID card (from any county Board of Registrars; home visits available at 1-800-274-VOTE)
• Valid state-issued ID from Alabama or any other state (the SOS lists examples: a pistol permit with photo, an AL Department of Corrections release temporary ID with photo, an AL jail movement/booking sheet with photo)
• Valid federal-issued ID
• Valid U.S. passport
• Valid employee ID with photo from the federal government, State of Alabama, a county, municipality, board, or other entity of this state
• Valid student or employee ID from a public or private college or university in Alabama (including postgraduate technical or professional schools)
• Valid student or employee ID issued by a state institution of higher learning in any other state
• Valid military ID
• Valid tribal ID
• Not accepted: utility bills, bank statements, Social Security cards, or any ID without a photo

No ID? Two ways. (1) If your name is on the poll list and you are 'positively identified by at least two election officials,' you vote a regular ballot. (2) Otherwise you vote a provisional ballot, and it counts only if you bring a valid photo ID to your county Board of Registrars by 5 PM on Friday, November 6. Don't have any photo ID? A free Alabama Photo Voter ID card is available at the Board of Registrars before Election Day; call 1-800-274-VOTE (8683) for locations or a home visit.