What you need to know if you're voting by mail in Pennsylvania in the 2023 general election.
Pennsylvanians who are voting via a mail ballot have to get them into their county board of elections by 8 p.m. on Election Day., and place it in the envelopes provided with it. Don’t forget to fill out and include your voter’s declaration, which requires a dated signature.
After filling out your ballot, you will need to get it your local county election office by the deadline in order for it to be counted. You can turn it in directly to the county election office, or mail it in., which maintains a list of all ballot-return locations in the commonwealth.
Voters casting ballots by mail, the Pennsylvania Department of State notes, must return their own ballots, and in most cases cannot do so for other voters. Voters with a disability, however, can have Mail ballots cannot be returned to your local polling place — they must go to your county board of elections. But if you received a mail ballot and want to vote in person instead, you can still vote at your local polling place, provided you bring your incomplete mail ballot with you.