MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Changes are coming to the Alabama Drivers License system. As part of this change, drivers license offices across the state will be closed for about a week in April 2022.
But if you need an Alabama photo voter ID, you have other options.
Governor Kay Ivey recently announced that Driver License Offices statewide must be closed beginning Monday, April 18, 2022 with plans to reopen on Tuesday, April 26, 2022. This will allow the state to install new systems that will greatly expand online license options.
During these license office closures, registered voters will still be able to obtain a free photo voter ID. Eligible Alabamians can receive a free photo voter ID by visiting their county Board of Registrars office or the Secretary of State’s Office. Also, Secretary of State’s Office visits each county at least once annually to issue free photo IDs and register voters.
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To receive a free Alabama photo voter ID card, you must complete the application and meet the following requirements:
- Provide a photo ID document or a non-photo identity document containing their full legal name and date of birth
- Be a registered voter in Alabama
- Cannot have any valid form of photo ID that is acceptable at the polls
- Valid Driver's License (not expired or has been expired less than 60 days)
- Alabama Law Enforcement Agency Digital Driver's License
- Valid Non-driver ID (not expired or has been expired less than 60 days)
- Alabama Law Enforcement Agency Digital Non-driver ID
- Valid Alabama Photo Voter ID
- Valid State Issued ID (Alabama or any other state)
- Valid AL Department of Corrections Release- Temporary ID (Photo Required)
- Valid AL Movement/Booking Sheet from Prison/Jail System (Photo Required)
- Valid Pistol Permit (Photo Required)
- Valid Federal Issued ID
- Valid US Passport
- Valid Employee ID from Federal Government, State of Alabama, County Government, Municipality, Board, Authority, or other entity of this state
- Valid student or employee ID from a college or university in the State of Alabama (including postgraduate technical or professional schools)
- Valid Military ID
- Valid Tribal ID
If a voter possesses any of these forms of ID, he/she is not eligible to receive a free Alabama photo voter ID card. The voter must bring one of these photo IDs to the polls on Election Day or place a copy of the ID in absentee ballot materials.
Voter registration can be completed online, by mail, or in person. The registration deadline is the 15th day prior to the election.