
Tuesday was National Voter Registration Day
Voting-age residents in Pennsylvania have only a few days left to register to vote in the state’s municipal elections.
Here’s what you need to know and do to register to vote in Pennsylvania.
When is the deadline to register to vote in Pennsylvania?
The deadline to register to vote in Pennsylvania is Monday, Oct. 20.
How do I register to vote in Pennsylvania?
According to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s website, you must be a U.S. citizen for at least a month before the election, a resident of the election district in which the you plan to register for at least 30 days before the election, and must be at least 18 years old on or before Nov. 4 in order to register to vote.
You can pick up voter registrations forms from these service providers and other agencies across Pennsylvania:
- County voter registration offices
- 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
You can also register to vote online in Pennsylvania. Note that online voter registration carries the same Oct. 20 deadline.
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