Fort Payne, Alabama Public Records

The voter registration deadline is 15 days before any election, and applicants must provide their Alabama driver's license or non-driver ID number, or the last four digits of their Social Security number. Municipal elections for mayor and city council are held separately from county and state elections. The city elects a mayor and five council members from designated districts, typically on non-partisan ballots in August municipal elections held every four years - most recently 2024, next scheduled for 2028. Information on local candidates and municipal issues can be obtained from Fort Payne City Hall at (256) 845-0833 or www.fortpayneallabama.us. Residents can find their assigned polling location using the Alabama Secretary of State's polling place lookup tool at myinfo.alabamavotes.gov or by contacting the county Board of Registrars. Alabama law makes certain election records public, including voter registration lists available for purchase for political purposes, campaign finance reports filed with the Alabama Secretary of State and the Alabama Ethics Commission searchable at ethics.alabama.gov, candidate qualifying information, and precinct-level election results published by the Secretary of State at www.sos.alabama.gov/alabama-votes/voter/election-data. Alabama does not have a U.S.Current federal, state, and local election schedules, ballot contests, candidate filings, and certified results for Fort voters are published by the Alabama Secretary of State (https://www.sos.alabama.gov/alabama-votes). Other contests include Lieutenant Governor, other statewide constitutional officers, the U.S. Representative for Alabama's 4th Congressional District which includes De Kalb County, Alabama State Senate District 9, Alabama State House District 27, and various county offices including County Commission seats, Revenue Commissioner, and school board positions depending on the election cycle. Absentee voting in Alabama is available for voters who meet specific criteria under state law: those who will be absent from the county on election day, are ill or physically disabled, work a required shift that prevents voting, are students or military stationed outside the county, appointed election officers working in a different precinct, or over age 65. Absentee ballot applications are available from the De Kalb County Absentee Election Manager at (256) 845-8535 or can be downloaded from the Alabama Secretary of State's website. Completed applications must be submitted by the Thursday before election day for regular absentee ballots, or by the Monday before for emergency situations. Residents can vote absentee in person at the county Absentee Election Manager's office beginning weeks before the election during specified hours.