AL · How to vote
Voting in Alabama.
Three ways to vote, three deadlines. ID rules and vote-by-mail policy below — verify the specifics with the Alabama Secretary of State at the link.
1Official source of record
Alabama Secretary of State — Elections
3Federal candidate finance · 2026 cycle
Money in the Alabama federal races
Top-fundraising candidate per race, sourced live from the FEC OpenFEC API. Click through to fec.gov for full disclosures.
U.S. HOUSE
1FEC OpenFEC API2026-05-03
2District map · TIGER/Line 2025 boundaries
Every district in Alabama, on one map
Click any congressional, state senate, or state house polygon for the sitting member and a brief description. Toggle layers below the map to see overlapping legislative geography. Source polygons: US Census TIGER/Line 2025.
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true polygons · 2025 vintage · click a district for details1US Census TIGER/Line 20252026-05-03
3Current officeholders
Who represents Alabama now
Sitting federal members and the governor. Names from Congress.gov (refreshed weekly) and hand-verified state data.
GOVERNOR
Kay Ivey (Republican)
U.S. SENATE
Aging
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry+1
Armed Services+1
CHAIRHealth, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Veterans' Affairs
Appropriations+4
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs+1
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
Rules and Administration
the Judiciary+2
U.S. HOUSE
1Congress.gov API v32026-05-03
3State legislature
Alabama legislators
State senators and representatives by district. Names from OpenStates, refreshed weekly. Multi-member districts (e.g. WV, NH, MD, VT, NJ) list all sitting members under the same district.
STATE SENATE · 35 members · 35 districts
D1Tim Melson (R)
D2Tom Butler (R)
D3Arthur Orr (R)
D4Garlan Gudger (R)
D5Matt Woods (R)
D6Larry Stutts (R)
D7Sam Givhan (R)
D8Steve Livingston (R)
D9Wes Kitchens (R)
D10Andrew Jones (R)
D11Lance Bell (R)
D12Keith Kelley (R)
D13Randy Price (R)
D14April Weaver (R)
D15Dan Roberts (R)
D16Jabo Waggoner (R)
D17Shay Shelnutt (R)
D18Rodger Smitherman (D)
D19Merika Coleman (D)
D20Linda Coleman-Madison (D)
D21Gerald Allen (R)
D22Greg Albritton (R)
D23Rob Stewart (D)
D24Bobby Singleton (D)
D25Will Barfoot (R)
D26Kirk Hatcher (D)
D27Jay Hovey (R)
D28Billy Beasley (D)
D29Donnie Chesteen (R)
D30Clyde Chambliss (R)
D31Josh Carnley (R)
D32Chris Elliott (R)
D33Vivian Figures (D)
D34Jack Williams (R)
D35David Sessions (R)
STATE HOUSE · 105 members · 105 districts
D1Phillip Pettus (R)
D2Ben Harrison (R)
D3Bubba Underwood (R)
D4Parker Moore (R)
D5Danny Crawford (R)
D6Andy Whitt (R)
D7Ernie Yarbrough (R)
D8Terri Collins (R)
D9Scott Stadthagen (R)
D10Marilyn Lands (D)
D11Heath Allbright (R)
D12Cindy Myrex (R)
D13Greg Barnes (R)
D14Tim Wadsworth (R)
D15Leigh Hulsey (R)
D16Bryan Brinyark (R)
D17Tracy Estes (R)
D18Jamie Kiel (R)
D19Laura Hall (D)
D20James Lomax (R)
D21Rex Reynolds (R)
D22Ritchie Whorton (R)
D23Mike Kirkland (R)
D24Nathaniel Ledbetter (R)
D25Phillip Rigsby (R)
D26Brock Colvin (R)
D27Jeana Ross (R)
D28Mack Butler (R)
D29Mark Gidley (R)
D30Craig Lipscomb (R)
D31Troy Stubbs (R)
D32Barbara Boyd (D)
D33Ben Robbins (R)
D34David Standridge (R)
D35Steve Hurst (R)
D36Randy Wood (R)
D37Bob Fincher (R)
D38Kristin Nelson (R)
D39Ginny Shaver (R)
D40Chad Robertson (R)
D41Corley Ellis (R)
D42Van Smith (R)
D43Arnold Mooney (R)
D44Danny Garrett (R)
D45Susan DuBose (R)
D46David Faulkner (R)
D47Mike Shaw (R)
D48Jim Carns (R)
D49Russell Bedsole (R)
D50Jim Hill (R)
D51Allen Treadaway (R)
D52Kelvin Datcher (D)
D53Anthony Daniels (D)
D54Neil Rafferty (D)
D55Travis Hendrix (D)
D56Ontario Tillman (D)
D57Patrick Sellers (D)
D58Rolanda Hollis (D)
D59Mary Moore (D)
D60Juandalynn Givan (D)
D61Ron Bolton (R)
D62Bill Lamb (R)
D63Norman Crow (R)
D64Donna Givens (R)
D65Brett Easterbrook (R)
D66Alan Baker (R)
D67Prince Chestnut (D)
D68Thomas Jackson (D)
D69Kelvin Lawrence (D)
D70Chris England (D)
D71A.J. McCampbell (D)
D72Curtis Travis (D)
D73Kenneth Paschal (R)
D74Phillip Ensler (D)
D75Reed Ingram (R)
D76Penni McClammy (D)
D77TaShina Morris (D)
D78Kenyatté Hassell (D)
D79Joe Lovvorn (R)
D80Chris Blackshear (R)
D81Ed Oliver (R)
D82Pebblin Warren (D)
D83Jeremy Gray (D)
D84Berry Forte (D)
D85Rick Rehm (R)
D86Paul Lee (R)
D87Jeff Sorrells (R)
D88Jerry Starnes (R)
D89Marcus Paramore (R)
D90Chris Sells (R)
D91Rhett Marques (R)
D92Matthew Hammett (R)
D93Steve Clouse (R)
D94Jennifer Fidler (R)
D95Frances Holk-Jones (R)
D96Matt Simpson (R)
D97Adline Clarke (D)
D98Napoleon Bracy (D)
D99Sam Jones (D)
D100Mark Shirey (R)
D101Chris Pringle (R)
D102Shane Stringer (R)
D103Barbara Drummond (D)
D104Margie Wilcox (R)
D105Chip Brown (R)
Source: openstates.org
3At-a-glance rules
Strict photo IDExcuse-required absenteeOnline voter registration
VOTER ID REQUIREMENTS
Alabama requires a valid photo ID to vote. Accepted: Alabama driver's license, passport, government employee ID, student ID from Alabama college, military ID, or tribal ID.
VOTE BY MAIL
Absentee voting available. You must provide a valid reason (out of county, disability, work schedule, etc.). No-excuse absentee not available.
3NCSL voter ID requirements2026-04-153NCSL absentee + VBM rules2026-04-15
Local elections in Alabama are administered by your County Clerk / Election Office. For ballot or registration help, contact your county clerk or election office.
Official action — AL
The state’s own tools, with links to verify.
Each card below routes to the official Alabama system. Where the state delegates to county Supervisors of Elections, the card says so honestly.
Statewide→
Check my registration
VoterView. Returns registration, polling place, sample-ballot status. Name + DOB + last 4 SSN.
Statewide→
Register / update online
AL DL or non-driver ID required (no SSN-only fallback). 15-day pre-election cutoff. AL VoterView Akamai-blocks Playwright; manual only.
Statewide→
Find my polling place
Statewide→
Preview my ballot
Per-cycle PDFs by county. Voter selects their county — not a per-voter lookup.
Not available
Request a mail ballot
Paper application only — no online absentee request. AL requires excuse (out-of-county, sick, work). 2024 SB 1 banned third-party application assistance.
Statewide→
Track my mail ballot
Status via VoterView. No SMS/email subscription.
Statewide→
See who's on the ballot
Per-cycle pages. Democratic / Republican primary certifications issued 2025-11-14 / 2025-12-05 for May 2026 primary.
Statewide→
Statewide ballot measures
2026 statewide: 2 measures May primary (DA compensation, lt. gov. succession), 2 more Nov general (lt. gov. mid-term, Walker County probate-judge age).
Statewide→
Live + past results
Canvass PDFs per cycle. No live election-night reporting from SOS — county boards report up.
Statewide→
Election calendar
Primary 2026-05-19, runoff 2026-07-14, general 2026-11-03.
1UOCAVA · military & overseas voters
Federal deadlines for Alabama
Active-duty service members, their families, and U.S. citizens overseas have separate deadlines under UOCAVA. Sourced live from the U.S. Federal Voting Assistance Program.
2026-05-19Ballot Request — State PrimaryReceived by
2026-05-19Ballot Return — State PrimaryPostmarked by*
2026-05-19Registration — State PrimaryPostmarked by
2026-06-16Ballot Request — State Primary RunoffReceived by
2026-06-16Ballot Return — State Primary RunoffPostmarked by*
2026-06-16Registration — State Primary RunoffPostmarked by
2026-11-03Ballot Request — General ElectionReceived by
2026-11-03Ballot Return — General ElectionPostmarked by*
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