Absentee Ballot Resources

Alabama and Tennessee do not have a mail-in ballot system that extends the polling period, but they do both allow for absentee voting for specific reasons.

• Out of town on polling day
• Working a minimum 10-hour shift that precludes you from coming to a polling place
• Over the age of 60 and claiming physical restrictions
• being hospitalized, ill or physically disabled (or the primary caregiver for someone that is)
• full-time college student attending school outside your registered polling place
• serving in a military post outside of your registered polling place
• a US citizen living abroad
• serving on jury duty

In addition to these common reasons between these states, in Alabama, you can also claim:

• working as a poll worker or election officer outside your precinct
• being in jail
• inability to use an inaccessible polling place

To apply for an absentee ballot, you should contact your county absentee ballot manager or circuit clerk. In the Alabama counties in the Tennessee valley, here is how to reach them: