Union Grove, Alabama Public Records

Residents can register to vote online through the Alabama Secretary of State's website at https://www.alabamainteractive.org/sos/voter_registration/voterRegistration.action. The online system requires an Alabama driver's license or non-driver ID issued by ALEA, and applications are electronically transmitted to the Marshall County Probate Office for processing. Applicants must be U.S. Citizens, Alabama residents, at least 18 years old by election day, and not disqualified due to felony conviction or mental incapacity as determined by law. Same-day registration updates are available at Probate Office locations during business hours for voters changing addresses or party affiliation. As an unincorporated community without municipal government, Union Grove has no city council, mayoral, or other local municipal elections. Residents instead vote in county-wide, state legislative, and federal contests. Marshall County Commission seats, constitutional offices like Sheriff, Revenue Commissioner, Probate Judge, Circuit Clerk, and District Judge, along with school board positions, appear on ballots during general and primary elections. Alabama holds partisan primaries typically in May or June of even-numbered years, with runoffs if needed, followed by general elections on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. Local voters can look up their assigned polling place using the Alabama Secretary of State's My Voter Page at https://myinfo.alabamavotes.gov/VoterView. By entering name and date of birth, voters can verify registration status, view sample ballots, see polling location addresses and hours, and check absentee ballot application status. Polling places in the area are typically assigned based on precinct boundaries and may be located at community centers, fire stations, churches, or school facilities in or near the community. Alabama's public records laws make several categories of election information accessible. Voter registration lists are available for purchase from the Secretary of State or county probate offices for lawful purposes, subject to restrictions on commercial use and requirements that purchasers certify proper use. Campaign finance reports for candidates and political action committees are filed with the Alabama Secretary of State and searchable online at https://fcpa.alabamavotes.gov/PublicSite/Homepage.aspx through the Fair Campaign Practices Act database. Candidate qualifying information, precinct-level election results, and historical turnout statistics are public records maintained by the Secretary of State and county probate offices. Marshall County's precinct results for recent elections are posted on the Marshall County website and the Secretary of State's election results page at https://www.sos.alabama.gov/alabama-votes/voter/election-data. The county historically leans heavily Republican in federal and state elections, with GOP candidates typically winning 75-80 percent or more of the county vote in recent presidential, gubernatorial, and U.S. Senate races. U.S. House of Representatives seats including the district covering Marshall County (currently Alabama's 4th Congressional District); all 105 seats in the Alabama House of Representatives; all 35 seats in the Alabama Senate; statewide constitutional offices including Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, State Auditor, and Agriculture Commissioner; Alabama Supreme Court seats and appellate court judgeships; and Marshall County constitutional offices such as Sheriff, Revenue Commissioner, Probate Judge, Circuit Clerk, and County Commission seats depending on the election cycle schedule. Alabama does not have a U.S.Current federal, state, and local election schedules, ballot contests, candidate filings, and certified results for Union voters are published by the Alabama Secretary of State (https://www.sos.alabama.gov/alabama-votes). Alabama offers absentee voting for voters who meet statutory qualifications including being absent from the county on election day, ill or infirm, working a required shift that prevents voting, appointed election officer, students or military stationed outside the county, and several other categories defined in Alabama Code § 17-11-3. Absentee ballot applications are available from the Marshall County Probate Office or online at https://www.sos.alabama.gov/sites/default/files/voter-pdfs/AbsenteeBallotApplicationForm-fillable.pdf. Completed applications must be submitted to the Marshall County Probate Office, either in person, by mail, or by fax/email (check with the office for current accepted methods). Absentee ballots must be returned by mail (postmarked by election day and received within specific timeframes) or delivered in person by the voter before polls close on election day. Alabama does not offer universal no-excuse absentee voting; voters must attest to meeting one of the statutory reasons for absentee voting.