Mail-in ballots must be returned no later than one week before Election Day
Alabama has became the first state in the union to mail out absentee ballots ahead of the Nov. 5 general election.
Absentee ballot applications delivered by mail must be received in the office of the Absentee Election Manager for your county no later than 7 days prior to the election. Applications returned by hand must be received in the office of the Absentee Election Manager for your county no later than 5 days prior to the election.
An absentee ballot returned by mail must be received by the Absentee Election Manager no later than noon on election day. If delivered in person, the ballot must be in the office of the Absentee Election Manager no later than 5 p.m. on the day before the election.
Click here to learn more about voting by absentee ballot in Alabama.