Alabama Voting Records online consist of voter registration lists and election records. Indexed collections will be the easiest to search; image-only collections will contain the most information.
In the United States voting rights have always come with limitations. In the 1700s and early 1800s, voting rights were restricted primarily to white men who owned property and some states restricted voting rights even further.
During the 1800s voting rights restrictions were gradually reduced and voters didn’t need to own property and, after 1870, race was not a qualification to vote but some states still restricted voting through poll taxes (a tax paid to vote which affected the less affluent), literacy tests, all-white primaries, and language requirements.
The 1900s saw the greatest expansion of voting rights including:
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rights were extended to women (1920)
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the Voting Rights Acts to prevent additional prohibitive voting laws (1965)
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poll taxes were banned in the U.S. by the Supreme Court (1966)
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the right to vote for anyone 18 years old or older (1971)
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protection for language minorities (1975)
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protection for people with disabilities (1982)
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and simplified voter registration (1993).
Voting records may include:
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name
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physical description of person
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age
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gender
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registration date
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dates voted
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residence
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marital status
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property ownership
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occupation
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place of birth
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citizenship status, if naturalized, date, court
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- AG – Access Genealogy
- ADAH – Alabama Department of Archives and History Digital Collections
- AGW – Alabama GenWeb
- AGWA – Alabama GenWeb Archives
- APR – Alabama Public Records online
- BPL – Birmingham Public Library
- GTHG – Genealogy Trails History Group
- IA – Internet Archive
- RW – RootsWeb
- TYR – Tracking Your Roots
Alabama Voter Records online by state level
Alabama – Voting Registers – Alabama Voter Registration and Poll Tax Cards, 1834-1981, at FS
Alabama – Voting Registers – 1867 Voter Registration Records Books, at ADAH
Alabama – Voting Registers – 1875 Voter Registration Database, at ADAH
Alabama – Voting Registers – Alabama, Voter Registration, 1867, at Anc$
Alabama Voter Records online by County
Autauga County – Voting Registers – Registration Book of Voters, 1908-1918, at FS
Autauga County – Taxation – Poll Tax Records, 1902-1930, at FS
Baldwin County – Voting Registers – Voter’s Registration 1916, at RW
Baldwin County – Voting Registers – 1813 Baldwin County, Alabama Voters, at TYR
Baldwin County – Voting Registers – 1817 Baldwin County, Alabama Voters, at TYR
Baldwin County – Voting Registers – 1820 Baldwin County Election Returns & Voters, at TYR
Barbour County – Taxation – Poll Tax Records, 1892-1908, at FS
Bibb County – Voting Registers – Record of Registered Voters, 1920-1951, at FS
Blount County – Taxation – Tax Records, 1860-1960, at FS
Blount County – Voting Registers – Blount County, Alabama, Voting Registers, (1894,1896,1902-1908,1910-1915,1917-1918,1919-1956), 1894-1956, at FS
Butler County – Misc – Butler County GenWeb Records, at AGW
Butler County – Voting Registers – 1820 Butler County Election Returns and Voters, at TYR
Cahaba County – Voting Registers – 1820 Cahaba County, Alabama Election Returns & Voters, at TYR
Calhoun County – Voting Registers – Register of Voters, Calhoun County, Alabama, at FS
Chilton County – Taxation – Chilton County, Poll Tax, 1901-1940, at FS
Clarke County – Taxation – Poll Tax Record Book, 1897-1914, at FS
Clarke County – Voting Registers – 1820 Clarke County, AL Election Returns and Voters, at TYR
Clay County – Voting Registers – Voting Registers, 1906-1936, at FS
Coffee County – Voting Registers – Registered Voters, 1908-1926, at FS
Conecuh County – Voting Registers – Alphabetical Registration of Voters, 1908-1916, at FS
Conecuh County – Voting Registers – 1820 Conecuh County, AL Election Returns and Voters, at TYR
Conecuh County – Taxation – Poll Tax Records, 1920-1932, at FS
Covington County – Voting Registers – 1910 Voter Registration, at TYR
Covington County – Voting Registers – Covington County Voters, at TYR
Crenshaw County – Voting Registers – Registration Records, 1902-1933, at FS
Crenshaw County – Voting Registers – 1928 Crenshaw County Qualified Voter List, at AG
Crenshaw County – Voting Registers – Registered Voters, Crenshaw County, AL 1928, at TYR
Cullman County – Tax Records, Voter Records, Misc – Cullman County GenWeb Archives, at AGWA
Dale County – Voting Registers – Voter Registration List, 1914-1944, at FS
Dallas County – Taxation – Poll Taxes, 1901-1950, at FS
Dallas County – Voting Registers – 1820 Cahaba County, Alabama Election Returns & Voters, at TYR
DeKalb County – Voting Registers – Alphabetical List of Registered Voters, 1902-1930, at FS
DeKalb County – Taxation – Registration and Poll Tax Records, 1901-1969, at FS
Elmore County – Voting Registers – Alphabetical Registration of Voters in Elmore County, Alabama, at FS
Fayette County – Voting Registers – Voter Registration, 1908 [Fayette County, Alabama], at FS
Fayette County – Voting Registers – Voter Registration 1867, at RW
Henry County – Voting Registers – Election Records 1884, 1900, at FS
Houston County – Tax Records, Voter Records, Misc – Houston County GenWeb Archives, at AGWA
Houston County – Tax Records, Voter Records, Misc – Houston County GenWeb Records, at AGW
Jefferson County – Voting Registers – List of Registered Voters, 1914-1932, Jefferson County, Alabama, at FS
Lamar County – Voting Registers – Voters Register, 1901-1919, at FS
Limestone County – Voting Registers – Registration of Voters, 1903-1906, 1908, 1910, 1912, 1914-1916, 1919-1933, 1936-1941, 1903-1941, at FS
Lowndes County – Voting Registers – Voter’s Register, 1901-1933, at FS
Madison County – Voting Registers – Alabama, Madison County, Voter Registration Cards and Registers, 1901-1975, at FS
Marion County – Voter Records – Marion County GenWeb Records, at AGW
Mobile County – Voting Registers – Alabama, Mobile County, Voting Records : Women’s Voter Lists, at FS
Mobile County – Voting Registers – Taxation – Voter Registration Oath Book, V. 1, and Poll Tax Cards, Ca. 1870-1981, at FS
Monroe County – Tax Records, Voter Records, Misc – Monroe County GenWeb Records, at AGW
Monroe County – Voting Registers – 1820 Monroe County, AL Election Returns and Voters, at TYR
Morgan County – Voting Registers – Morgan County, Alabama Voters’s Registration Records, 1888-1892, 1904-1910, 1917-1922,1924-1940, 1888-1940, at FS
Morgan County – Voting Registers – Decatur, Voters’ Registration Records, 1902-1915, at FS
Morgan County – Taxation – Poll Tax List, 1901-1943, at FS
Perry County – Voting Registers – List of Registered Voters, 1902-1920, Perry County, Alabama, at FS
Perry County – Voting Registers – Marion 1829 Voters
Perry County – Taxation – Poll Tax Records, 1868-1929, at FS
Pickens County – Voting Registers – Registers of Voters, 1908-1931, at FS
Shelby County – Voter Records, Misc – Shelby County GenWeb Records, at AGW
Shelby County – Voting Registers – Loose court files, Drawer 17-A, 1850-1917, at FS
Shelby County – Voting Registers – 1869 List of Registered Voters in Shelby County, Alabama, at TYR
Shelby County – Voting Registers – Registration of Voters, 1908-1924, at FS
Shelby County – Taxation – Tax Books, 1840-1924, at FS
Sumter County – Voting Registers – List of Registered Voters, 1902-1940, Sumter County, Alabama, at FS
Sumter County – Voting Registers – Marriage Records, 1833-1839; Poll Lists; Presbyterian Church Gainesville 1837-1860, and Other Records, Sumter County, Alabama; Abstracts from Orphan’s Minute Book No. 1, 1833-1839, Sumter County, Alabama; Marriages 1839-1841, Wills 1833-1841, Minutes 1839-1841, Polls 1834-1836, Maps – , Tract Book Records, Index, at FS
Sumter County – Voting Registers – Voter List 1845, at AGW
Sumter County – Voting Registers – Sumter County, Alabama Records, 1833-1841, at FS
Talladega County – Voting Registers – List of Registered Voters, 1902-1927, Talladega County, Alabama, at FS
Talladega County – Voting Registers – Poll Tax Records, 1901-1954, at FS
Tallapoosa County – Voting Registers – Registration Roll for Voters, 1902-1923, at FS
Tuscaloosa County – Voting Registers – 1867 Voter Registration (Wilcox, Winston and partial Tuscaloosa counties), at TYR
Tuscaloosa County – Taxation – Poll Tax Records, 1901-1945, at FS
Walker County – Voting Registers – 1867 Voter Registration and Loyalty Oaths, at AGW
Washington County – Voting Registers – List of Registered Voters, Washington County, Alabama, at FS
Wilcox County – Voting Registers – Register of Voters, 1908 and 1912, at FS
Wilcox County – Voting Registers – Voter List: Wilcox County, AL 1860, at TYR
Wilcox County – Voting Registers – 1867 Voter Registration (Wilcox, Winston and partial Tuscaloosa counties), at TYR
Wilcox County – Voting Registers – Wilcox & Winston County, AL 1867 Voter Registration Database search, at ADAH
Wilcox County – Voting Registers – 1867 Winston County Voter List, at TYR
Wilcox County – Taxation – Poll Tax Records, 1886-1906, at FS
Winston County – Voting Registers – 1867 Voter Registration and Loyalty Oaths, at AGW
Winston County – Voting Registers – 1867 Voter Registration (Wilcox, Winston and partial Tuscaloosa counties), at TYR
Winston County – Voting Registers – Wilcox & Winston County, AL 1867 Voter Registration Database search, at ADAH
Alabama Voter Records online by City
Abbeville – Voting Registers – Election Records (Henry County, Alabama), at FS
Decatur – Voting Registers – Decatur, Alabama Voters’s Registration Records, 1902-1915, at FS
Kinsey – Voting Registers – Election Records (Henry County, Alabama), at FS
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