City To Resolve Parking Tickets Issued During Absentee Voting

BIRMINGHAM, AL — Many voters who recently submitted absentee ballots at the Jefferson County Courthouse in Birmingham returned to their vehicles to find parking tickets due to longer-than-expected lines at the courthouse. Luckily for those citizens, the City of Birmingham looks to resolve those citations.

According to a release, the city looks to help voters by absolving parking tickets if they can present an "I Voted" sticker to the appropriate authorities.

The Birmingham Municipal Court must have the person’s parking ticket and the “I Voted’’ sticker the person received while at the courthouse. The date the ticket was issued must have been issued during the absentee voting period this year.

Once the ticket is presented to Birmingham Municipal Court officials, the ticket will be reviewed for processing. If the ticket was issued during this year’s absentee voting period for the Nov. 3 election, it will be dismissed. This applies only for parking tickets, the city's release said.

The resident should choose one of the following methods to handle the ticket with Birmingham Municipal Court:

1. Bring ticket and the “I Voted’’ sticker to Birmingham Municipal Court-David Vann Building, 801 – 17th St. North
2. Mail ticket and the “I Voted’’ sticker to Birmingham Municipal Court – David Vann Building, 801 – 17th St. North
3. Email a scanned copy of ticket and the “I Voted” sticker or a picture of the ticket and the “I Voted” sticker to BMCCustomerservice@birminghamal.gov . The ticket number must be legible, not covered.

Municipal Court is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Visitors should approach the security desk, where they will be given instructions of where to go. All COVID-19 protocols will be strictly enforced at the building. Visitors must wear face coverings.

The Jefferson County Commission approved a resolution Oct. 16 permitting absentee voters in the county to hand-deliver their ballots to the Birmingham or Bessemer courthouse Oct. 17 and Oct. 24.

Secretary of State John Merrill said he expects more than 100,000 absentee ballots to be cast in this year's election statewide, which would set a state record for the most number of absentee ballots ever cast in an election.

SEE ALSO:

Election Voter Guide 2020: What Is On The Jefferson County Ballot

Mail-In Voting In Alabama: Deadlines, How To Get A Ballot