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Voting in PA
To register to vote in Pennsylvania you must:
- Be 18 years old by Election Day
- Be a U.S. citizen for at least one month before the election
- Have lived in your election district for at least 30 days before Election Day
You need to register NOW if …
- You have moved
- You want to change your party affiliation
- There is a mix-up in your registration and you needed a court order to vote in the last election
- You have changed your name (e.g. through marriage)
- You changed your address, yet still live in the same election district
Meanwhile, here is how you can become a registered voter in Pennsylvania:
Option 1: Register to vote in person
(Please note: The deadline for in-person voter registration is 30 days before each primary or election)
- At your local Elections office
To find the address of your Elections’ office, go to the Pennsylvania Web site, www.dos.state.pa.us
If you live in Pittsburgh:
Allegheny County Elections Division
Room 609, County Office Building
542 Forbes Ave. (Ross Street and Forbes Avenue)
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Monday through Friday: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Telephone: 412-350-4510.
- Pennsylvania State offices that provide public assistance and services to persons with disabilities
- Armed Service Recruitment Centers
- Area agencies on aging
- Centers for independent living
- Allegheny County mental health and mental retardation offices
- Student disability services offices of the State System of Higher Education
- Offices of Special Education
- The Allegheny County Marriage License Bureau, first floor, City-County Building in downtown Pittsburgh, or
- PennDot Driver’s License Centers, if you are applying for or renewing your Pennsylvania Driver’s License. Your application for a driver’s license or renewal may also serve as an application for voter registration or an update to your voter registration status.
Option 2: Register by mail and obtain forms
(Please note: Registration-by-mail forms must be postmarked no later than the voter registration deadline.)
- All branches of the Carnegie Library and Northland Public Library
- Many municipal buildings
- State liquor stores
- Some branches of the United State Postal Service
- Many federal, State Senate and State House of Representative district offices
- Political parties and organizations
- Many colleges and universities
- Many Co-Go and Giant Eagle stores
Pennsylvania Department of State Web site www.dos.state.pa.us.
Find more information about advocacy and government relations at www.congress.org.
