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Election Day is Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Here is what Alabama itself says, and when we last read it.
Register byCloses October 19
Election Day46 days to go
Your dates
Register by
October 19, 2026. A mailed form must be postmarked by then; in person it must be received before close of business; online it must be submitted before 11:59 PM.
Read on September 18, 2026 from your state election office.
Check you are registered
The state calls this "My Voting Information".
Read on September 18, 2026 from your state election office.
Early, in person
Checking. Alabama does not describe early in-person voting in its 2026 guide or on its absentee page. Rather than say it does not exist, we are confirming that with the state.
Find your polling place
Your polling place is on the Voter ID postcard the Board of Registrars mails you, and under My Voting Information.
Read on September 18, 2026 from your state election office.
What to bring
ID your state accepts
- Valid Alabama Driver's License, including ALEA Digital Driver's License (not expired or expired less than 60 days)
- Valid Alabama Non-Driver ID, including ALEA Digital Non-Driver ID (not expired or expired less than 60 days)
- Alabama free Photo Voter ID card
- Valid U.S. Passport
- Valid Military ID
- Valid Tribal ID
- Valid Employee ID from Federal Government, State of Alabama, County, Municipality, Board, or other entity of this state
- Valid student or employee ID from a public or private college or university in the State of 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 Federal-issued ID
- Valid State-issued ID (Alabama or any other state)
Read on September 18, 2026 from your state election office.
If you do not have one
Read on September 18, 2026 from your state election office.
Carry a second document
Checking. Alabama publishes a photo ID list and does not publish a second-document list for extra scrutiny, so we are confirming rather than inventing one.
Make the plan
Three taps. No account. It stays on this phone.
Roll Call
Tap what you did. Everything in Roll Call is self-reported. We never ask for proof that you registered or voted, we never check, and nothing you get here depends on whether you did.
0points, self-reported
- CheckedYou checked your registration on your state lookup.Check your registration
- Plan madeYou picked the day, the place, and how you are getting there.
- First timeThis is your first time voting.
- Brought an elderYou got someone 80 or older to the polls.
- Named threeYou named three people and each one made a plan.
- Gave a rideYou offered a free ride on the rides board.
- Poll workerYou signed up to work the polls.
- On the lineYou volunteered with Election Protection.Volunteer
- Souls to the PollsYou voted on Souls to the Polls Sunday, or brought somebody who did.
Your team
Share it
Roll Call points and badges have no cash value. They cannot be redeemed, transferred, sold, or exchanged for anything, here or anywhere else. They are a tally of what you said you did.
Who runs your election
The Alabama Secretary of State administers elections in Alabama. Your county or parish election office runs the polling places, counts the ballots, and answers questions about your own ballot. They are the people to call, and the ones whose answer is final.
Statewide offices are the ones every voter in Alabama votes on, and every ballot counts the same from any precinct in the state. District seats are drawn on a map, so where you live decides which of those you vote on.
Some years a ballot also asks voters to change the rules of voting itself. Those questions tend to cover:
- what counts as ID at the polls or with a mail ballot
- how early voting and mail voting work, and by when
- how districts get drawn and who draws them
- how the election office itself is run and funded
We do not tell you what is on your ballot or what to make of it. Your sample ballot carries the official wording, written by the state. Read it at the Alabama Secretary of State.
Mail, honestly
Voting by mail works. It also has rules, and the rules are where ballots get lost.
Read your state block above for what your state actually requires: when to ask for the ballot, when it has to be back, and what happens if a signature is questioned. Sign exactly as you signed when you registered. Return it early rather than on the last day. If you would rather not trust the mail at all, that is a fair call: check the early in-person window in your state block and go in person.
Ask for your ballot by
October 27, 2026 by mail. In person the last day to apply is October 29, 2026.
Read on September 18, 2026 from your state election office.
It has to be back by
By mail it must be received by noon on Election Day, November 3. By hand, the last day is November 2. An absentee ballot must be notarized or signed by two witnesses 18 or older.
Read on September 18, 2026 from your state election office.
Track your ballot
Absentee status shows under My Voting Information. If you are unsure about your application, call your local Board of Registrars.
Read on September 18, 2026 from your state election office.
If your signature is questioned
Checking. Alabama publishes a provisional-ballot ID deadline but we have not confirmed a cure process for a rejected absentee ballot on the state page.
The line
If the line is long, that is not a reason to leave. It is a reason to stay.
Bring water. Bring a charger. Bring a chair if you can carry one, a book, and a friend. Check your bag rules with your county first. If you are in line when the polls close, stay in line: your state decides what happens next, and every state page here prints its own rule in its own words.
- Water
- A charger
- A chair if you can
- Something to read
- A friend
If you are in line when polls close in Alabama
Polls are open 7 A.M. to 7 P.M. Get in line before 7 P.M. and stay in it.
Read on September 18, 2026 from your state election office.
Time off to vote
Checking. We are confirming the Alabama time-off-to-vote rule against the statute before we print it.
Your rights
You can vote a provisional ballot
If your name is not on the list, or you do not have what they ask for, ask for a provisional ballot. In a federal election you have the right to cast one. Ask what you must do afterwards for it to count, and write it down.
You can bring someone to help
You can bring a person of your choice to help you vote, with limits your state sets on who it cannot be. Ask the poll worker for the rule in writing.
Language and disability assistance
Polling places must be accessible, and many places must provide help in other languages. Ask for the accessible machine, the curbside option, or the language help you need.
If someone tries to move you off your vote
Questions about your citizenship, a crowd following you in, someone filming you at the door, a person telling you that you cannot vote: none of that decides your vote. Do not leave the line. Call the hotline from where you stand.
Sources: the Alabama Secretary of State, and the Election Protection coalition for the hotlines below.
Call from the line
If anyone tells you that you cannot vote, or you are turned away, or something feels wrong: do not leave. Call.
- 866-OUR-VOTE866-687-8683 · English
- 888-VE-Y-VOTA888-839-8682 · Spanish and English
- 888-API-VOTE888-274-8683 · Asian languages and English
- 844-YALLA-US844-925-5287 · Arabic and English
Election Protection, administered by the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. Numbers confirmed against their own site on September 18, 2026.
Your state election office is the final word. We print what its own pages say, with the date we read them.
Checked against the Alabama Secretary of State pages by AI on September 18, 2026. Alabama Secretary of State is the final word. See something wrong? Report it.