Cardiff, Alabama Public Records

Citizens, Alabama residents, at least 18 years old by election day, and not disqualified due to felony conviction or mental incapacity as determined by a court. Registration requires an Alabama driver's license number or the last four digits of a Social Security number. Because Cardiff is unincorporated without municipal government, residents don't vote in city council or mayoral elections. Instead, voters participate in Jefferson County, state, and federal contests. County races include Jefferson County Commission seats (five districts elected countywide), Sheriff, Revenue Commissioner, and Probate Judge, typically held during general election cycles in presidential and gubernatorial years. Residents can find their assigned polling place using the "My Voter Information" tool on the Alabama Secretary of State's website at myinfo.alabamavotes.gov, which displays polling locations, sample ballots, and registration status by entering name and date of birth or driver's license number. In the November 2024 presidential election, Jefferson County recorded approximately 330,000 registered voters with turnout exceeding 60%, reflecting strong civic engagement in the state's most populous county. S. Jefferson County voters will also elect county commission seats and other local constitutional offices depending on term schedules. Alabama election records that are publicly accessible include voter registration lists (available for purchase by campaigns and certain organizations under Alabama Code Section 17-4-20), campaign finance reports filed with the Alabama Secretary of State's Elections Division and searchable at fcpa.alabamavotes.gov, candidate qualifying lists showing all candidates for each office, and precinct-level election results published by the Secretary of State and Jefferson County after each election. To request an absentee ballot in Alabama, voters must submit an application to the Jefferson County Absentee Election Manager, available online at www.alabamavotes.gov, by mail, or in person; applications must be received by the Thursday before the election (emergency and military exceptions apply). Alabama requires an excuse for absentee voting, including being out of the county on election day, illness or disability, working a shift that prevents voting, being a student or military member, election worker, or being over age 65. Absentee ballots must be returned by mail (postmarked by election day and received within a few days) or delivered in person to the absentee election manager's office by the close of polls on election day.