Government

At the Polls

Polls will be open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday

Registration and Polling Place:

Verify your registration and polling place, and check the status of your provisional or absentee ballot at the Secretary of State’s AlabamaVotes.gov site.

You also can verify your registration status via the state’s new smartphone app, the or on the mobile website:  https://myinfo.alabamavotes.gov/VoterView/HomeMobile.do

You also can call the state’s election line at 334-242-7210,, or call your local boards of registrars’ office. A list of the state’s 67 county boards of registrars is at http://sos.alabama.gov/alabama-votes/board-of-registrars-all-counties. Jefferson County’s board of registrars’ office phone number is 325-5550.

 

Report a Problem at the Polls:

If you suspect you have encountered irregularities in state and local elections, you can report the incidents through the Secretary of State Office’s Stop Voter Fraud Now website. All reports of alleged violations filed through the web site will be kept confidential.

Voters also can call the secretary of state’s election line at 334-242-7210 to report problems at the polls.

 

ID Needed at the Polls:

To vote in Alabama, you must present photo identification or a free Alabama Photo Voter ID card.

Forms of identification accepted include a valid Alabama driver’s license or non-driver ID card, a valid state or federal-issued ID, a valid U.S. passport, a valid employee ID from the federal, state, county or municipal government, a valid student or employee photo ID from a college or university, a valid U.S. military photo ID card and a valid tribal photo ID card.

A voter without a valid form of photo identification can vote on a regular ballot if he or she is positively identified as an eligible voter in the precinct by two election officials. If the voter cannot be identified by two election officials, he or she can vote on a provisional ballot.

For more information, visit www.alabamavoterid.com or call the Secretary of State Elections Division at 800-274-8683 or 334-242-7210.