Are You Registered to Vote?

Are You Registered to Vote?

August 23, 2018

Stop by the library now and throughout the month of September to pick up your voter registration form application and find out about important voting dates.

National Voter Registration Day is a national holiday celebrating our democracy. It was first observed in 2012 and has been growing in popularity every year since. Held on the fourth Tuesday of September, National Voter Registration Day will be observed on Tuesday, September 25th this year. The holiday has been endorsed by the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS). It is further supported by the National Association of State Election Directors (NASED).

According to the National Voter Registration Day website, in 2016 over 750,000 voters used National Voter Registration Day to register to vote across all 50 states.

For more information about this day, please visit https://nationalvoterregistrationday.org/.

Important Pennsylvania Election Dates
First day to apply for a civilian absentee ballot- September 17
Last day to Register before the November election- October 9
Last day to apply for a civilian absentee ballot- October 30
Last day for County Boards of Elections to receive voted civilian absentee ballots- November 2
General Election- November 6
First day to Register after November election- November 7
Last day for County Board of Elections to receive voted military and overseas absentee ballots (submitted for delivery no later than 11:59 P.M. on November 5)- November 13

Note: All dates are subject to change without notice.