Your Vote
Is Your Voice.

Your vote is one step. Building community power is the journey.

Road to Black November is Faith & Works’ nonpartisan voter-engagement initiative. We help Black communities across Jefferson County obtain accurate voting information, overcome barriers to participation, organize through trusted relationships, and remain engaged beyond Election Day.

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of Alabama’s eligible voters are Black – but our power is underused
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of Jefferson County residents are Black — but we are the majority of the disqualified ballots
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Alabama congressional districts is majority-Black — despite our numbers
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midterm Black turnout in Alabama dropped 11 points from 2020 — we must rebuild

Your Voter Journey

Tap any step to learn more and take action.

Confirm your Alabama registration is curret, your address is right, your polling place is correct before election day.

Check your status on My Alabama Votes – the official Alabama Secretary of State portal for Jefferson County residents.

✓ Make sure your legal name matches your photo ID exactly
✓ Confirm your address is current — moved recently? Update it
✓ Find your exact polling location in Jefferson County
✓ Alabama requires a photo ID to vote — know what’s accepted

Alabama Photo ID Requirement

Accepted IDs: Alabama driver’s license, state ID, U.S. passport, employee ID, student ID, or military ID. No ID? The Jefferson County Registrar can issue you a free voter ID card.

 

Not yet registered in Jefferson County? The deadline is 15 days before any election — don’t wait.

Alabama offers online voter registration. You will need your Alabama driver’s license, state ID number, or the last 4 digits of your Social Security Number.

✓ Register online at alabamavotes.gov
✓ Deadline: 15 days before Election Day — don’t wait
✓ Jefferson County Board of Registrars: (205) 325-5550
✓ Office: 716 Richard Arrington Jr. Blvd N, Birmingham, AL 35203
✓ No same-day registration in Alabama — plan ahead

Need a Ride to the Registrar? Contact Faith & Works — we will connect you with a volunteer driver at no cost.

Many people with felony records can still vote in Alabama — or can have their rights restored. Find out where you stand.

You may still have the right to vote.

Alabama only removes voting rights for specific “crimes of moral turpitude.” Many felony convictions do NOT fall on that list. You may have never lost your right to vote.

DISQUALIFYING OFFENSES INCLUDE:

  • Murder / manslaughter
  • Rape / sexual abuse
  • Robbery / burglary
  • Drug manufacturing / distribution
  • Bribery / perjury
  • Kidnapping / arson

If your conviction is NOT on this list, your right to vote was never taken away. Contact us to confirm.

TO RESTORE YOUR RIGHTS (CERV PROCESS):

→ Complete your full sentence — including probation and parole
→ Pay all court-ordered fines, fees, and restitution
→ Apply for a Certificate of Eligibility to Register to Vote (CERV)
→ Submit application to the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles
→ Once granted, register to vote at alabamavotes.gov

Free Legal Help in Jefferson County

Alabama Appleseed Center for Law & Justice — free assistance navigating the CERV process.
Greater Birmingham Ministries — community legal support and CERV application help.

Research shows that with a concrete plan and using reminders, voters are twice as likely to show up.  Sign up for reminders now!

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 PHYSICALLY INCAPACITATED AND WILL NOT BE ABLE TO VOTE IN PERSON BECAUSE THEY CANNOT ACCESS THEIR ASSIGNED POLLING PLACE DUE TO ONE OF THE FOLLOWING DISABILITIES (neurological, musculoskeletal, respiratory (including speech organs), cardiovascular, or other life-altering disorder that affects his or her ability to perform manual tasks, stand for any length of time, walk unassisted, see, hear or speak) AND: A) HE OR SHE IS AN ELDERLY VOTER AGED 65 OR OLDER; OR B) HE OR SHE IS A VOTER WITH A DISABILITY
  • 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

Enter your information to get a preview of who and what will be on your ballot in your upcoming elections.

Make Your Commitment

Voting is one action we can take, but our responsibility to our communities continues after Election Day. Make a commitment to vote, organize, serve, tell your story, and help build lasting Black community power.

Organize Your People | Turn Your Relationships Into Action

The people most likely to listen to you are often the people who already know and trust you. Join our relational-organizing work through the Empower app and receive the tools you need to reach family members, friends, neighbors, coworkers, and members of your church or community.

Your Story Can Move Someone Else

Tell us why voting, fair representation, and community power matter to you. Use our storytelling portal to record or upload a short video about your voting experience, your neighborhood, or the issues affecting your daily life.

Fair Maps & Power

Our Voices. Our Community. Our Power. The Fair Maps & Power campaign fights for fair electoral districts that give Jefferson County communities equal representation. Your vote only counts if the map is drawn fairly.

Build a Civic Engagement Ministry

Through ReVote, Black churches serve as hubs for year-round civic participation and community organizing. Pastors identify a Civic Engagement Ministry Leader who builds a team of three to five people to engage the congregation and surrounding community.

Teams may participate in voter-status checks, registration, voting-rights restoration, relational organizing, civic education, community conversations, canvassing, phone banking, rides to the polls, mutual aid, and continued engagement after Election Day.

Road to Black November is a nonpartisan voter-engagement initiative of Faith & Works Statewide Civic Engagement Collective. Faith & Works does not support, oppose, or endorse any candidate or political party. Participation is open without regard to political affiliation or candidate preference.