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VOTER REGISTRATION
Registration Deadline: Voter registration is closed for the fourteen (14) days before an election
Party Affiliation: No party registration required for primary voting
VOTER REGISTRATION QUALIFICATIONS
Age: Must be 18 years old
Citizenship: Must be a United States Citizen
Residency: Must be a resident of Alabama
Mental Competency: Have not been legally declared “mentally incompetent” by a court
Felony Convictions: Have not been convicted of a disqualifying felony (or have rights restored)
ID Requirements: Have a specific type of photo identification at the polls in order to vote, from the following:
– Valid Driver’s License
– Valid Non-driver ID
– Valid Alabama Photo Voter ID
– Valid State Issued ID (Alabama or any other state)
– Valid Federal Issued ID
– Valid US Passport
– Valid Employee ID from Federal Government, State of Alabama, County Government, Municipality, Board, Authority, or other entity of this state
– Valid student or employee ID from a college or university in the State of Alabama (including postgraduate technical or professional schools)
– Valid Military ID
– Valid Tribal ID
If a voter does not have one of the approved forms of photo ID as stated in the law, then he or she may receive a free Alabama photo voter ID from various locations including the Secretary of State’s Office, local county board of registrars’ offices, and a mobile location to be determined by the Secretary of State’s Office.
To download the application for a free photo ID, click here.
If a voter possesses any of these forms of ID, he/she is not eligible to receive a free Alabama photo voter ID card.
OBTAINING A VOTER REGISTRATION FORM
Online: http://www.alabamavotes.gov/downloads/election/vr/nvra-2.pdf
In person:
– Local County Board of Registrars
– Driver’s licensing office
– County and select municipal public libraries
– Department of Human Resources
– WIC Program, Department of Public Health
– Medicaid Agency
The postcard voter registration form is also available at:
– Public 4-year universities
– Select private 4-year universities
-Driver’s licensing office
-County and select municipal public libraries
-Department of Human Resources
-Wic Program, Department of Public Health
-Medicaid Agency
-Department of Rehabilitation Services
By mail/ in writing : http://www.alabamavotes.gov/vb/vr-req.aspx?a=voters
By fax: 334-242-2444
Other Voter Registration Application Information: Alabama Voter Hotline: 1-800-274-8683
VERIFYING YOUR VOTER REGISTRATION STATUS