Stapleton, Alabama Public Records

Additional resources are available at www.baldwincountyal.gov under the Elections/Absentee Voting section. Registering to vote can be done online through the Alabama Secretary of State's website at www.alabamainteractive.org/sos/voter_registration, or by submitting a paper National Voter Registration Form to the Baldwin County Registrar's Office. Alabama requires voters to be U.S. Citizens, at least 18 years old by election day, residents of Alabama and Baldwin County, and not disqualified by felony conviction or mental incapacity as determined by law. The registration deadline is 15 days before any election. Registration requires an Alabama driver's license number or the last four digits of a Social Security number, and a photo ID is mandatory when voting in person. As an unincorporated community, Stapleton has no municipal government and therefore no mayoral or city council elections. Local governance comes from the Baldwin County Commission, which consists of four commissioners elected from single-member districts. Residents here fall within one of these districts - District 2 as of recent redistricting - and vote for their district commissioner. County Commission elections take place during general elections in presidential and midterm years. The Baldwin County Board of Education also has elected members representing districts countywide. Finding your assigned polling place is straightforward using the Alabama Secretary of State's lookup tool at myinfo.alabamavotes.gov/voterview. Voters enter their name and date of birth to view registration status, polling location, sample ballots, and district information. Polling assignments are based on registration address and precinct boundaries. Alabama law treats voter registration lists as public records available for inspection, though use is restricted to election related, political, or governmental purposes. Campaign finance reports for state and local candidates are filed with the Alabama Ethics Commission and publicly searchable at ethics.alabama.gov. Candidate qualifying information and ballot measures are published by the Alabama Secretary of State and the Baldwin County Registrar's Office before elections. Precinct-level results are published by the Baldwin County Registrar after certification and appear on the Baldwin County website and the Secretary of State's election results portal. The county consistently delivers heavily Republican margins in statewide and federal elections, typically exceeding 70% for Republican candidates. Alabama will hold elections for all statewide executive offices including Governor (four-year term), Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Agriculture Commissioner, and other constitutional offices. At the Baldwin County level, Baldwin County will elect constitutional officers including Sheriff, Revenue Commissioner, and potentially County Commission seats depending on term cycles. There is no U.S.Current federal, state, and local election schedules, ballot contests, candidate filings, and certified results for Stapleton voters are published by the Alabama Secretary of State (https://www.sos.alabama.gov/alabama-votes). Voters will also decide any local referenda, constitutional amendments proposed by the Alabama Legislature, and Baldwin County Board of Education seats if those terms expire in 2026. Alabama offers absentee voting for voters meeting certain criteria. Any registered voter may vote absentee by mail if they expect to be absent from the county on election day, are ill or have a physical disability, work a required shift that prevents voting, are a registered student or spouse of a student, are appointed as an election officer or poll watcher at a different precinct, or are incarcerated but not yet convicted. Absentee ballot applications must be submitted to the Baldwin County Absentee Election Manager at 251 Hand Avenue, Bay Minette, AL 36507, and can be requested online, by mail, or in person. Applications must be received by the Thursday before the election for mailed ballots or by close of business the day before the election for in-person absentee voting. Completed absentee ballots must be received by the close of polls on election day to be counted. Alabama also allows early in-person voting at the county absentee office beginning several weeks before election day. Voters must provide a photo ID when voting absentee in person or include a copy of photo ID when voting by mail. Acceptable photo IDs include Alabama driver's license, Alabama non-driver ID, U.S. Passport, government employee ID, student/employee ID from Alabama public college, or Alabama photo voter ID card available free from the Registrar's office.