Alabama votes on Tuesday, November 3, and ALCAP has prepared something for every church in this state to put directly into the hands of its people.
The ALCAP 2026 Voter Bulletin is free and double-sided, sized to drop straight into a Sunday bulletin. It is available right now at alcap.com/vote, along with social media graphics, a large-screen version for sanctuary projection, a sample ballot and voter registration information. There is no cost and no order minimum.
We made it because every election season we hear the same thing from faithful people in faithful churches: They do not think their vote really matters. National figures from recent elections tell us that roughly half of self-identified Christians do not cast a ballot in a given election. ALCAP is a ministry that represents Alabama’s churches in the public square, and we believe that is not first a political problem. It is a discipleship problem, and the people who are not voting are already sitting in a pew on Sunday morning.
The front of the bulletin lays out four reasons voting is a Christian responsibility, each one anchored in Scripture.
Voting is a spiritual responsibility. We are accountable to steward all the resources we have been given in ways that honor God. To squander a vote is to waste a gift. (1 Peter 4:10; Luke 12:48)
Voting is a civic responsibility. We have the opportunity to promote, protect, improve and preserve godly government. (Matthew 5:16)
Voting is a prayerful responsibility. We are commanded to faithfully pray for our leaders, and faithfulness should lead us to action. (1 Timothy 2:1-4; James 2:14-17)
Voting is a caring responsibility. We show that we care not only about ourselves but about our neighbors when we vote for candidates most closely aligned with the heart of God. (Jeremiah 29:7; Galatians 5:14)
The back of the bulletin lists everything actually on the November 3 ballot. Alabamians will decide the U.S. Senate seat and every U.S. House district, governor and every statewide constitutional office, state senators and representatives, Supreme Court and appellate judgeships, the State Board of Education, the Public Service Commission, and at the county level, commissions, sheriffs, probate judges and school boards.
It also covers the amendments of note. Two proposed amendments speak directly to what happens in a public school classroom. Amendment 3 would require the daily recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance in public K-12 schools and would permit student-initiated, student-led prayer. Amendment 4 would require the weekly playing of the first stanza of The Star-Spangled Banner. We describe them so that no one walks into a voting booth and sees them for the first time.
A word about the calendar. Absentee voting in Alabama opened on September 9, and many people do not know that. If you will be out of your county on November 3, if you work a shift that covers the whole day, or if illness or disability makes getting to the polls difficult, you can request a ballot now. October 19 is the last day to register. Absentee applications are due October 27 by mail and October 29 in person, and a hand-delivered absentee ballot is due by close of business on November 2. Polls are open on Election Day from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., and a valid photo ID is required.
Pastors, we are asking three things of you. Please put the bulletin in your order of service. Please take sixty seconds from the pulpit to say the date, the poll hours and the photo ID requirement, which is all most people need. And please share the graphics on your church’s page, because your page reaches people your bulletin never will.
“When the godly are in authority, the people rejoice. But when the wicked are in power, they groan.” (Proverbs 29:2, NLT)
Please download your free copy at alcap.com/vote, and please pass it along to a pastor who has not seen it.
Pray. Prepare. Vote.
