ABSENTEE VOTING FOR THE 2024 GENERAL ELECTION
THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY ABSENTEE ELECTION MANAGER IS NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS TO REQUEST AN ABSENTEE BALLOT
To receive an absentee ballot, you must be registered to vote in Montgomery County and submit an Application for an Absentee Ballot
GENERAL ELECTION – NOVEMBER 5, 2024
| September 11, 2024 |
Absentee Voting Begins |
| October 21, 2024 |
Voter Registration Deadline |
| October 29, 2024 |
Absentee Ballot Request Application (Mail Delivery) |
| October 31, 2024 |
Absentee Ballot Request Application (Hand-Delivery) |
ABSENTEE VOTING ELIGIBILITY
A voter may cast an absentee ballot if he or she:
- EXPECTS TO BE ABSENT FROM THE COUNTY on election day
- IS ILL OR HAS A PHYSICAL DISABILITY that prevents a trip to the polling place
- IS PHYSICALLY INCAPACITATED AND WILL NOT BE ABLE TO VOTE IN PERSON BECAUSE THEY CANNOT ACCESS THEIR ASSIGNED POLLING PLACE DUE TO ONE OF THE FOLLOWING DISABILITIES (neurological, musculoskeletal, respiratory (including speech organs), cardiovascular, or other life-altering disorder that affects his or her ability to perform manual tasks, stand for any length of time, walk unassisted, see, hear or speak) AND: A) HE OR SHE IS AN ELDERLY VOTER AGED 65 OR OLDER; OR B) HE OR SHE IS A VOTER WITH A DISABILITY
- IS A REGISTERED ALABAMA VOTER LIVING OUTSIDE THE COUNTY, such as a member of the armed forces, a voter employed outside the United States, a college student, or a spouse or child of such a person
- IS AN APPOINTED ELECTION OFFICER OR POLL WATCHER at a polling place other than his or her regular polling place
- EXPECTS TO WORK A REQUIRED SHIFT, 10-HOURS OR MORE, that coincides with polling hours
- IS A CAREGIVER for a family member to the second degree of kinship by affinity or consanguinity and the family member is confined to his or her home
- IS CURRENTLY INCARCERATED in prison or jail and has not been convicted of a felony involving moral turpitude
APPLYING FOR AN ABSENTEE BALLOT
Absentee ballot applications must be received by the Absentee Election Manager by mail or hand delivery. To obtain an absentee ballot application, click on the link below:
Montgomery County Absentee Application
Applications can be mailed to:
ATTN: Gina J. Ishman, Absentee Election Manager, P.O. Box 1667, Montgomery, AL 36102
or Hand Delivered To:
Montgomery County Courthouse, 251 S. Lawrence Street, Montgomery, AL 36104
For more information contact the Absentee Voting Office at (334) 832-1281 or visit alabamavotes.gov for absentee information.
IMPORTANT BALLOT DELIVERY INFORMATION
The voter has only the following legal ways to return the absentee ballot:
- Forward by U.S. Mail
- Forward by commercial carrier
- Personally hand-deliver
Absentee Ballots may be HAND-DELIVERED to the Absentee Election Manager by the voter by 5:00 p.m. the day before the election-November 4, 2024. Ballots cannot be hand delivered by anyone other than the voter.
Absentee Ballots returned by MAIL must be received by Noon on Election Day-November 5, 2024.
Should you need any additional information, please call us at (334) 832-1281.