River Falls, Alabama Public Records

The Alabama Secretary of State's office provides additional election information and resources at www.sos.alabama.gov/alabama-votes. Residents can register to vote online through the Alabama Voter Registration system at www.alabamainteractive.org/sos/voter_registration, or by completing a paper application available at the Probate Office, public libraries, and driver's license offices. The voter registration deadline in Alabama is 15 days prior to any election. When registering, voters must provide their Alabama driver's license number or the last four digits of their Social Security number; valid photo identification is required when voting in person. Because River Falls is an unincorporated community without municipal government, there are no city council or mayoral elections specific to the area. Instead, residents vote in Covington County Commission races, state legislative districts, and statewide offices. The community is located in Alabama State House District 93 and Alabama State Senate District 28. Covington County is governed by a four-member County Commission elected from single-member districts, with River Falls falling within Commission District 4. Voters can find their assigned polling location by using the polling place lookup tool on the Alabama Secretary of State website at myinfo.alabamavotes.gov or by contacting the Covington County Probate Office. Polling places are assigned based on voter precinct, which corresponds to residential address. Alabama maintains public access to certain election records, including voter registration lists (available for purchase by qualified requesters under Alabama Code § 17-4-35), campaign finance disclosure reports filed with the Alabama Secretary of State (searchable at fcpa.alabamavotes.gov), candidate qualification documents, and precinct-level election results. The Covington County Probate Office provides election results after each election, and the Alabama Secretary of State posts certified statewide and county results online.Current federal, state, and local election schedules, ballot contests, candidate filings, and certified results for River voters are published by the Alabama Secretary of State (https://www.sos.alabama.gov/alabama-votes). At the Covington County level, depending on the election cycle, voters may elect the Covington County Sheriff, Revenue Commissioner, County Commission seats, and Covington County Board of Education members. Judicial positions, including Circuit Court judges and District Court judges serving Covington County, may also appear on the ballot depending on term expirations. Primary elections in Alabama are typically held in late May or early June, with runoffs if necessary in July, followed by the general election in November. Alabama allows absentee voting by mail for voters who meet specific criteria established by Alabama law (Code of Alabama § 17-11-3), including voters over age 65, voters who will be absent from the county on election day, voters with physical illness or infirmity, voters working required shifts, and several other qualifying reasons. Absentee ballot applications must be submitted to the Covington County Absentee Election Manager at the Probate Office; applications can be downloaded from www.sos.alabama.gov or requested from the Probate Office at (334) 428-2520. Absentee ballot applications must be received by the Thursday prior to the election (or by the close of business on the Monday before if applying in person). Completed absentee ballots must be returned by mail (postmarked by election day and received within designated timeframe) or delivered in person to the Probate Office by the close of polls on election day. Alabama does not have universal mail-in voting or no-excuse absentee voting; voters must qualify under one of the statutory reasons to vote absentee.