Pennsylvania’s Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt remarked today by reminding eligible Pennsylvanians that the deadline to register to vote is Monday, October 21st.
“Voting is a fundamental right in our representative democracy and the most basic way Pennsylvanians can make their voices heard,” Schmidt said. “I encourage every eligible Pennsylvanian who is not registered to vote to take a few minutes to register online before the Oct. 21 deadline so they can have their say on Nov. 5.”
Voters can register to vote online.
To be eligible to vote in Pennsylvania, you must be:
- 18 years of age on or before the day of voting
- A U.S. Citizen for at least one month prior to the election, and
- A resident of the election district in which the person plans to register for at least 30 days prior to the election
Pennsylvanians who are already registered to vote can check their registration status online and update their voter record with changes such as name or address.
In addition to registering online and through automatic voter registration, eligible voters of Pennsylvania can register by mail or in person at the following locations:
- Their county voter registration office
- County assistance offices
- Women, Infants & Children (WIC) program offices
- Armed Forces recruitment centers
- County clerk of orphans’ courts or marriage license offices
- Area agencies on aging
- County mental health and intellectual disabilities offices
- Student disability services offices of the State System of Higher Education
- Offices of special education in high schools
- Americans with Disabilities Act-mandated complementary paratransit providers
Your registration is not complete until processed and accepted by your county voter registration office. If you have any questions, please call 1.877.VOTESPA (1.877.868.3772)
Mail-in and absentee ballot applications must be received by a voter’s county elections office by 5 p.m. Oct. 29. Voted mail-in and absentee ballots must be received by county election offices by 8 p.m., Election Day, Nov. 5.
