Last minute absentee voters drop off ballots in Madison County

Last minute absentee voters drop off ballots in Madison County

Waay31.

As of today -- more than 331- thousand absentee ballots have been requested in alabama.

Secretary of state - john merrill - says 91-percent of those ballots have been sucessfully returned!

In madison county - all you have to do is drive-up and drop off your ballot at the county courthouse.

Waay-31s alexis scott spoke with last minute voters about why they chose to drop off their absentee ballots on the last day.

Right now more than 300- thousand people have registered to vote and theres nearly 300-thousand already submitted.

I spoke with a few people who dropped their ballot off on the last day to so for absentee voting.

Mos "didn't want to wait in really long lines and i just wanted to get it done early and it's my first time i've ever voted," this voter said after seeing how long the lines were at the courthouse just last week... he opted to drive up and drop off his ballot on monday.

And he was not alone... some others told me they did it to stay safe as well as be more than 6-feet apart from others.

Debra, registered voter "just dropped it off for safety.

My husband was in the hospital so we're just trying to quarantine and make sure we're safe like everybody else," the secretary of state told me we're possibly looking at shattering the record for the number of voters we'll see on tuesday... and we've already broken the record for the number of registered voters in the state.

And registered voters have this to say ahead of election night.

Mos "definitely go out and vote.

It doesn't take too long and go post on snapchat or instagram and get that clout following," already shot -- can kill if need be if you mailed in your ballot..

It must be postmarked for today... and received no later than election day by noon... reporting in hsv, alexis scott, waay-31 news the madison county courthouse is expecting another mail shipment of ballots in the next 30 minutes.

Officials told us so far they've received almost all - around 95 percent - of