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 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