Fifteenth Judicial Circuit Court of Alabama

QUALIFICATIONS FOR A TRADITIONAL ABSENTEE BALLOT §17-10-3, Code of Alabama

• 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
• The voter works a shift which has at least (10) hours that coincide with the polling hours at their regular polling place.
• The voter is a student at and educational institution located outside the county of their permanent residence; and are, therefore, unable to vote at their usual polling place on Election Day.
• The voter is a member of, or the spouse of a member of, the armed forces of the United States or are otherwise entitled to vote by absentee pursuant the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, 42, U.S.C. 1973ff.
• The voter has been appointed as an election officer at a polling place which is not their regular polling place.

If you are registered to vote in Montgomery County and meet one of the above requirements, then you are eligible. If you are not registered to vote in Montgomery County, you will need to contact the Board of Registrars at (334) 832-1215 to register. By law, the cut-off date to register to be eligible to vote in an upcoming election is 10 days before the election. You can download a voter registration form. It should be mailed to the Board of Registrars at P. O. Box 1667, Montgomery, AL 36102.

You can call Gina Ishman, Absentee Election Manager at (334) 832-1281 or come by and pick up an application at the office of the Circuit Clerk/Absentee Election Manager: 251 S. Lawrence Street, Montgomery, AL 36104. You can also download the form available in the link below MontgomeryAEMForm.pdf (alabama.gov).

 PLEASE READ INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU FILL OUT AND MAIL IN YOUR APPLICATION.

The application must be mailed to: Gina Ishman, Absentee Election Manager, 251 S. Lawrence Street, Montgomery, AL 36104. By law (AG Opinion 82-551), each application must be mailed in a separate envelope. Multiple applications (even for husband and wife) which are mailed in the same envelope will be returned to the voter. Applications cannot be faxed to the Absentee Election Manager. For voter applications and absentee applications visit: AlabamaVotes.gov.

Mail in absentee applications must be received 5 days before an election and hand delivered absentee applications must be received 7 days before an election.

Visit alabamavotes.gov for specific election deadline dates.

Your application must physically be in the Absentee Election Manager's office on seventh day before the election. This is the last day absentee ballots can be mailed.  

Yes, you can come by the Absentee Election Manager's office Monday through Friday 8:00AM - 5:00PM (except on holidays) and make application and vote while you are in the office. The deadline for in-person absentee voting is five days before an election. The address is 251 S. Lawrence Street, Montgomery, AL 36104.

Yes, you will need to present one of the following forms of ID before you can vote unless you meet a federal exception to the ID requirement.

• A valid driver's license or non-driver identification card which was properly issued by the appropriate state or county department or agency.
• A valid Alabama Photo Voter Identification Card.
• A valid identification card issued by a branch, department, agency, or entity of the State of Alabama, any other state, or the United States authorized by law to issue personal identification, provided that such identification card contains a photograph of the elector.
• A valid United States Passport
• A valid employee identification card containing the photograph of the elector and issued by any branch, department, agency, or entity of the U.S. government, the state of Alabama, or any county, municipality, board, authority, or other entity of this state.
• A valid student or employee identification card issued by a public or private college, university, or postgraduate technical or professional school located within the state of Alabama, provided that such identification card contains a photograph of the elector.
• A valid U.S. military identification card, provided that such identification card contains a photograph of the elector.
• A valid tribal identification card containing a photograph of the elector.
• Valid identification card (authorized by law) issued by the State of Alabama (including any branch, department, agency, or entity of the State of Alabama).
• Valid identification card (authorized by law) issued by any of the other 49 states (including any branch, department, agency, or entity of that State).
• Valid identification card (authorized by law) issued by the government of the United States of America (including any branch, department, agency, or entity of the federal government).

Yes, you will need to send a copy of your ID along with your application.

You can call the Montgomery County Board of Registrars at (334) 832-1215 for information on your voting precinct.

Yes, by law, your ballot must either be notarized OR witnessed by two people 18 years of age or older. These may be other family members. If your ballot has not been notarized or witnessed by 2 people, it will not be counted.

They need to contact the military voting assistance officer and request Standard Form 76-A which is a Federal Post Card Absentee Ballot Request. It is postage pre-paid. These applications are good for one calendar, so once this application is received, the applicant will automatically be mailed a ballot for upcoming elections they are eligible to vote in, unless they state otherwise. For more information, go to fvap.gov. You can also download an Absentee Ballot Application from the link.

No, the law does not allow a person to vote for someone else (AG Opinion 84-359).

You need to get in touch with the Board of Registrars at (334) 832-1215 and update your address. If your application address is different from the residence address on file with the Board of Registrars, you will have to vote a Provisional Ballot.

The law states that any elections which are 42 days apart must have a new application (except military absentee applications).

The law provides for a voter to vote business emergency if you find out after deadline that you have to go out of the county or state for business reasons. You can go to the Absentee Election Manager's Office and vote in person before Election Day (unless either of these two days is a federal/state holiday).

To vote in the Primary Election, you must designate the party which you wish to receive a ballot for. In the General Election in November, you can vote for candidates from any of the parties on the ballot.

Contact Gina Ishman, Absentee Election Manager for Montgomery County. The Absentee Election Office can be reached at (334) 832-1281.