Request your Alabama absentee or mail ballot

• Earliest day to apply: January 1, 2020
• Request deadline (online): N/A
• Request deadline (by mail): Received 5 days before Election Day
• Request deadline (in person): 5 days before Election Day
• Deadline to return your ballot (by mail): Postmarked 1 day before Election Day
• Deadline to return your ballot (in person): Received 1 day BEFORE Election Day

In almost all cases, you will need to sign up to vote by mail. The state won’t just mail you a ballot. Don't worry: we will walk you through it. There are only a handful of steps:

1. You submit an application to vote by mail.
2. Your Local Election Office processes your application.
3. Your Local Election Office sends your ballot to you.
4. You vote using the ballot and return it by the deadline.

1. Download the Alabama absentee ballot application.
2. Fill out all of the required fields.
3. Print the application.
4. Sign and date your application. This is very important.
5. Mail or hand-deliver your completed application directly to your Local Election Office as soon as possible, but no later than the deadline.
6. If it’s close to the deadline, call your Local Election Office and see if they will let you submit your application via email or fax.
7. The deadline to apply by mail is: Received 5 days before Election Day.

1. Visit your Local Election Office.
2. Ask the clerk to give you an absentee ballot application.
3. Fill out all of the required fields.
4. Sign and date your application.
5. The deadline to apply in person is: 5 days before Election Day.

1. Carefully read and follow the instructions, and fill out all required fields.
2. Sign and date the outside envelope.
3. Mail or hand-deliver your ballot to your Local Election Office.
4. If you mail your ballot, it must be Postmarked 1 day before Election Day.
5. If you hand-deliver your ballot, it must be Received 1 day BEFORE Election Day.
6. If you miss the deadline – or forget to sign the outside envelope – your vote will not be counted.

• ID required when requesting a mail-in ballot: You must include a photocopy of a valid government-issued photo ID with your absentee ballot application. Acceptable forms of ID include any photo ID issued by the State of Alabama or the federal government, a tribal ID, or a student or employee ID from any accredited American college or university.
• ID required when returning a mail-in ballot: Your voted ballot must be notarized or signed by two witnesses.