Michelle Orengo-McFarlane looks for her name on a voter registration list in San Francisco, California in a file photo. Alabama has more registered voters, but inactive voters have surged 81% since 2020. (David Paul Morris/Getty Images)
There are more people registered to vote in Alabama than there were four years ago. But there are also more people listed as inactive voters.
As of the end of September, there were 3,776,498 active voters, compared to 3,668,074 in September 2020, an increase of just over 108,000 (2.9%). However, the number of inactive voters – those listed as not having voted in their counties over the previous four years – jumped from 225,166 in 2020 to 407,706 this year, an 81% increase.
The deadlines to register to vote are:
- In-person at local election office : October 21 close of business
- Online : October 21 by 11:59 p.m. CDT
- By mail (postmarked by): October 21
Inactive voters can either reidentify themselves to their local board of registrars before Election Day or complete a voter reidentification form when voting on Election Day.