MONTGOMERY
–With the
announcement of the closing of 31 driver license offices by the Alabama Law
Enforcement Agency (ALEA), Alabama Secretary of State John H. Merrill has
received inquiries regarding the availability of photo identification to be
used for voting.
If a
voter does not have a valid form of identification for voting, they may go to
their local Board of Registrar’s office to receive a free Alabama Photo
ID card. Each county has a Board of Registrar’s office. Alabama’s Registrars
are glad to assist voters obtain identification.
Under
Alabama’s Photo Voter Identification law, the following are acceptable
identification on election day as long as they are valid and unexpired:
Driver’s license, Nondriver ID, Alabama Photo Voter ID card, State Issued ID,
Federal Issued ID, US Passport, Employee ID from the Federal Government, State of
Alabama, County, Municipality, Board or other entity of Alabama, Student or
employee ID from a public of private college or university in the State of
Alabama, Military ID, or a Tribal ID.
To
assist voters in obtaining identification for voting, the Secretary of State’s
office has dispatched a mobile unit to 56 of the 67 counties in Alabama at
least once since Secretary Merrill took office in January of this year.
As to
the 30 counties with closing driver license offices, the mobile unit will have
visited 28 of those counties at least once by the end of the month.
In
October, the mobile unit will be in Blount, Cherokee, Conecuh, Covington,
Escambia, Henry, Houston, Jefferson, Lee, Mobile, Pike, and Washington
Counties. For specific information on the location of the mobile unit in
your county, visit AlabamaPhotoVoterID.com. Secretary Merrill is committed to
dispatching the mobile unit to all 67 counties at least once by the end of the
year.
For
more information or for groups interested in hosting a mobile unit in their
community, please call the Office of the Secretary of State at 334-353-7854.
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