Are you Interested in Registering to Vote?

Here is some important information and valuable links that will help guide you through the process.

Request Voter Registration by Mail
Web Browser Based Voter Registration
Printable PDF Voter Registration

Important!
Application Information for Individuals Applying to Register to Vote!

Pennsylvania Voter Registration Mail Application Forms must be completed and submitted to your county voter registration office.

Pennsylvania law provides for permanent voter registration, unless the voter's registration should be cancelled in accordance with law. All electors, except those in the military service of the United States and bedridden or hospitalized war veterans unavoidably absent from their county of residence, must be registered to be eligible to vote.

Once registered to vote, an individual is not required to register again unless he or she should change his or her residence, name, or political party affiliation.

For more information, call 1-800-552-VOTE.

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Qualifications to Apply to Register to Vote

Individuals applying to register to vote must be:

A citizen of the United States for at least one month before the next primary, special, municipal, or general election.

A resident of Pennsylvania and the election district in which the individual desires to register and vote for at least 30 days before the next primary, special, municipal, or general election

At least 18 years of age on or before the day of the next primary, special, municipal, or general election.

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Qualifications of Registered Voters at a Primary

Individuals must be registered and enrolled in a political party to vote in that party's primary.

All registered electors are entitled to vote on constitutional amendments and ballot questions and in all special elections that might be held concurrently with a primary.

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Voter Registration Application Deadlines

Pennsylvania law provides that the deadline to apply to register to vote is
30 days prior to each election.

Applications received after that date will be processed for the next
primary, special, municipal or general election

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Are you already registered, but unsure how to vote, where vote, or just need an Absentee Ballot?

Here is some important information and valuable links that will help guide you through the actual voting process.

Absentee Ballot

When and How to Apply for an Official Absentee Ballot

Download a Printable Absentee Ballot Application

Emergency Absentee Ballot

Important New Information for All Absentee Voters

Excepting absentee voters who have a disability, all absentee ballots must be delivered to the county board of elections either in person or through the U.S. Mail. Absentee ballots delivered for absentee voters who do not have a disability by any other means will not be accepted or counted by the county board of elections. read more...

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Alternative Ballot
Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act

The federal Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act of 1984 (VAA) (42 U.S.C. § 1973ee et seq.) generally requires polling places across the United States to be physically accessible to people with disabilities (i.e., individuals having a temporary or permanent physical disability) for all Federal elections. Where no accessible location is available to serve as a polling place, a county must provide an alternate means of casting a ballot on the day of the

Download a Printable Alternative ballet Application

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Other Valuable Voting Information

College Voting Guide

Provisional Voting