Where are mail-in ballots available in Pennsylvania?

Mail-in ballots are now available to voters in 17 Pennsylvania counties. Officials said that ballots should be available statewide sometime during the first week of October.

Pennsylvanians who have registered to vote by mail in the upcoming election may be receiving their ballots very soon, depending on where they live.

Mail-in ballots are now available to voters in these 17 counties, as of Tuesday:

• Adams
• Allegheny
• Berks
• Bradford
• Clearfield
• Clinton
• Crawford
• Dauphin
• Elk
• Lackawanna
• Lycoming
• Montgomery
• Philadelphia
• Schuylkill
• Susquehanna
• Union
• Wyoming

Voters in these counties who have already registered to vote by mail in the November election can track the status of their ballots and request to cast their ballot in person at their county election office. 

Voters elsewhere in the state can check here to see when mail ballots are available in their county.

By state law, counties don’t have to start sending out mail-in ballots until two weeks before Election Day (Nov. 5), which would be Oct. 22. But according to Lisa Schaefer, executive director of the County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania, ballots should be ready to go in all 67 Pennsylvania counties sometime during the first week of October, which begins Tuesday. 

You can apply for your mail-in ballot online through the Pennsylvania Department of State website. You can also print and complete an application form from this page, then mail the completed application to your county election board office or drop it off at the office in person. Find your local office using this tool. 

However you choose to apply, your application must be received by 5 p.m. on Oct. 29 to be eligible to cast your mail-in ballot in the 2024 election. And your completed ballot must be received by your county election board office by 8 p.m. on Election Day. You can mail it in, drop it off in person at the county election board office or, if they’re available in your county, a designated drop box. 

We’ve got more information about voting by mail in Pennsylvania in this story.

Are you ready to vote? Make sure to check your voter registration status, see who’s on your ballot, and make a voting plan here.