If you failed to receive your vote-by-mail ballot or you have lost or destroyed your original vote-by-mail ballot, and you are unable to vote in person at the polls, you may apply in writing for a late vote-by-mail ballot. This application will need to be provided in person to the county elections official by you or your representative. Once you mark your ballot, fill out and sign the return envelope, you can personally or through your authorized representative, submit your ballot either to your elections official or any polling place within your jurisdiction.
For additional information, please visit our Military and Overseas Voting Information section. During that consultation, the Center for Civic Design identified several changes to better meet service guidelines and ensure that vote by mail ballots are successfully delivered. Utilizing these uniform guidelines can assist in statewide voter education efforts, ensure voters receive their materials timely, and aid voters in understanding the materials that are sent to them.
They have also provided sample voter information inserts PDF to use in county vote-by-mail packages and an updated color palette PDF. You may find these updated templates and more by visiting the Center for Civic Design's website. Because not all counties provided information, no complete statewide data is available. Register to Vote County elections officials mail vote-by-mail ballots to all active registered voters. Pennsylvania voters with disabilities now have the opportunity to mark their absentee or mail-in ballot electronically.
Learn more about the accessible remote ballot marking solution. Below are general steps on how to vote, prepare, and return your mail ballot.
Be sure to follow the instructions included with your ballot. Contact your county election office if you have any questions. Under Pennsylvania law, voters must return their own ballots.
The only exceptions to this are for voters with a disability who have designated someone in writing to deliver their ballot. Voters may return their voted mail-in or absentee ballot to their county election board of election office during that office's business hours, or another officially designated location. Ballots must be received by your county election board before 8 pm on Election Day. As soon as ballots are ready , you can request, receive, vote and cast your mail-in or absentee ballot all in one visit to your county election board or other officially designated site.
With this option, there is no need for mail at all, and you can cast your vote at your convenience. Learn more about voting early in-person by mail-in or absentee ballot. In order to apply for an absentee or mail-in ballot, you must supply proof of identification. All other voters must use one of the following options.
If you don't have one of the documents listed under option 1, you can include the last 4 digits of your Social Security number on your absentee or mail-in ballot form.
If you don't have one of the documents listed under option 1 or a Social Security number, you can provide a photocopy of one of the following IDs with your absentee or mail-in ballot application. The photocopy must show name, a photo, and an expiration date that is current. Under current Pennsylvania law, your mail-in ballot can't be opened until Election Day.
Therefore, if there's a problem with your mail-in ballot, you won't have the opportunity to correct it before the election. Still, as long as you followed all the instructions and mailed your completed, signed, dated, and sealed in the inner secrecy envelope, ballot by Election Day, you don't have to worry. The smaller secrecy envelope is intended to protect the anonymity of your vote. After you fill out your ballot, you must place it in the secrecy envelope and seal it.
Do not make any marks on this envelope. If you fail to place and seal your ballot in this envelope or if you make marks on this envelope, your ballot will not be counted. The second, larger envelope is the mailing and declaration envelope. You must use it, even if you are dropping your ballot off at a drop box. Place your secrecy envelope with your ballot inside into the mailing and declaration envelope. You must seal it and sign and date the declaration before you can return your ballot.
Find more Election FAQs. In emergency situations such as an unexpected illness, disability or last-minute absence from your municipality , you can request an Emergency Absentee Ballot after 5 pm on the Tuesday before the election.
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If you're an overseas citizen, your voting residence is the address in the state you last resided in the U. If you're a military member, your voting residence should be in the state listed on your Leave and Earnings Statement.
It is not necessarily your home of record. Keep your current, established residence. That's the address that you consider your permanent home and once lived at.
You need to get your absentee ballot in time to return it by your state's deadline. Sometimes circumstances make it hard or impossible for you to vote on Election Day. But your state may let you vote during a designated early voting period. Most states have early voting. This lets registered voters vote on specified dates before Election Day. In some states, you may cast an absentee ballot in person before Election Day. To do this, you must request an absentee ballot from your state.
Your state may require you to submit a valid excuse too. This early voting chart lists time frames for states that offer early voting.
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