Slightly more than two weeks remain to arrange absentee voting ahead of the May 19 primary election. County absentee election managers in Alabama must receive mail-in absentee ballot applications by Tuesday, May 12. The deadline to return an absentee ballot application in person is Thursday, May 14. Absentee ballots being returned in-person must be received by the county absentee election manager by close of business on the day before the election, May 18, 2026.