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2024 PENNSYLVANIA ELECTIONS IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER
Last day to REGISTER to vote in the primary .............................................. April 8 Last day to apply for a mail-in or civilian absentee ballot ............................. April 16 GENERAL PRIMARY ............................................................................... April 23 Last day for County Boards of Elections to receive absentee ballots............... April 23 Last day to circulate and file nomination papers .......................................... August 1 Last day to file objections to nomination papers .......................................... August 8 Last day for withdrawal by candidates nominated by nomination papers ....... August 8 Last day for withdrawal by candidates nominated at the primary .................. August 12 Last day to REGISTER to vote in the November election ............................... October 21 Last day to apply for a mail-in or civilian absentee ballot .............................. October 29 Last day for County Boards of Elections to receive absentee ballots................ November 5 GENERAL ELECTION ............................................................................... November 5 Last day for County Boards of Elections to receive absentee ballots................ November 5 WRITE-IN CANDIDATE ALERT:
Denitra Moffett, Write-In Candidate for PA Senate District 23. Running to oppose Gene Yaw. Moffett is a longtime activist and political organizer from Susquehanna County. Moffett is a veteran, President of the LDW and board member of Susquehanna Casa. No website yet, but you can follow her on Facebook and X *aka Twitter." Click on ELECTION 2024 for information on your candidates.
In the last presidential election, mail ballots that were postmarked by Election Day but received up to three days after that were counted. This year, they must be received by Election Day, or they will be rejected.
Pennsylvania law requires voters to write the date they return their mail ballots on an envelope, and an appeals court recently ruled ballots could not be counted if they came in envelopes that were undated or had the wrong date on them. These incorrectly dated ballots will be rejected this fall. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TO VOTE IN PENNSYLVANIA’S APRIL 2024 PRIMARY
When is the 2024 Pennsylvania primary, voting registration deadlines and more by Aliya Schneider, The Philadelphia Inquirer Voters in Iowa and New Hampshire weighed in this month on their preferred presidential nominees, and campaigning is underway in other early primary states. Although Pennsylvania is considered a critical swing state in this year’s presidential election, its voters hold less sway in each party’s primary. That’s because the state holds its primary relatively late in the process, in late April. Here’s what you need to know about the Pennsylvania primary and how to register to vote: When is the election? The Pennsylvania primary will take place April 23 and the general election will be Nov 5. How do I register to vote? The registration deadline for the primary is April 8. Voters must be at least 18 on the day of the election, and a U.S. citizen and a resident of Pennsylvania at least 30 days prior. Voters who miss the primary will have until Oct. 21 to register for the general election. You can register to vote online on the Pennsylvania voter services website. You can also register at your county voter registration office, or print out an application and deliver it or mail it to the office. If you’re mailing your registration, it must be received by the deadline. Pennsylvania residents are now also automatically registered to vote when get their driver’s license, unless they opt out of doing so. Pennsylvanians who are on active duty in the military, or are hospitalized or bedridden veterans, are able to register at any time. More information is available at www.fvap.gov. Do I need to register again? If you’re already registered to vote in Pennsylvania, you only need to update your registration if you have changed your name or political party, or if you moved. If you moved from another state, you need to re-register. The deadline to update your registration for the primary is the same as the April 8 registration deadline. You can check your voter registration status online on the Pennsylvania voter services website. What races will be on the ballot? Voters will have an opportunity to choose their party’s nominee for president and their representatives in the U.S. House and Senate. On the state level, voters will also get to vote for nominees for attorney general, auditor general, treasurer, and representatives for the General Assembly. Voters will also be able to select delegates for their parties’ national conventions this summer. Candidates have until Feb. 13 to collect signatures to land on the primary ballots, and challengers have until Feb. 20 to object to candidates’ petitions. Can anyone vote in the primaries? Pennsylvania is one of just nine states that holds closed primaries. This means that voters must register as a member of a party in order to vote in the primary. This forces independent and third party voters out of the primaries unless they register with one of the two major parties. In Pennsylvania, 15% of registered voters are either unaffiliated with a party or registered with a third party. How do I vote? Polls will be open on primary day from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. If it’s your first time voting at a polling location, you will be required to bring an approved form of identification. Polling locations can be found on the state department website. All Pennsylvania voters can apply to vote by mail, and you do not need an excuse to do so. That being said, you must request a mail ballot for the primary and get it to your local county board of elections by 5 p.m. on April 16. The application can be accessed here and you can find your local board of elections here. Mail ballots for the primary must be returned by 8 p.m. on April 23. Can I vote if I’ve committed a felony? In Pennsylvania, if you’ve completed the terms of your incarceration for a felony conviction and have been released from a correctional facility or halfway house by the election, you can vote. Pretrial detainees and people on probation or released on parole (including parolees living in a halfway house) can also vote. People under house arrest, regardless of their conviction status or conditions of their confinement, are also eligible. People who are in prison, a halfway house, or other alternative correctional facility on pre-release status for a felony conviction during the election are not eligible to vote. Those who have been convicted of violating the Pennsylvania Election Code within the last four years also cannot vote. |