Voter Registration/Absentee Voting

HOW TO REGISTER TO VOTE

You may change party or nonpartisan enrollment or register to be eligible to vote in the May 18, 2010, Primary Election any time through Monday, April 19, 2010.

What To Do Don’t want to look for a Voter Registration Form at the Post Office, etc.? Get it online…

  1. Read “To Register You Must:” and GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS on this PA VOTER REGISTRATION MAIL APPLICATION pdf
  2. Print out the pdf if you are eligible to register
  3. Read INSTRUCTIONS FOR FILLING OUT THIS FORM on Page 2
  4. Fill out the PENNSYLVANIA VOTER REGISTRATION APPLICATION
  5. Sign and date the Application
  6. Mail to…

VOTER REGISTRATION OFFICE
CHESTER COUNTY
601 Westtown Road, Suite 150
PO Box 2747
West Chester, PA 19380-0990
610-344-6410

ABSENTEE VOTING
through Tuesday, May 11, 2010, 5:00 PM

Applying to Have a Ballot Mailed to You

Allow sufficient mail time for Voter Services to receive, process your Application and send you a Ballot to fill out and return to Voter Services to be received by Friday, May 14, 2010 (that could take 12 days!). You may carry your own filled-out Absentee Ballot in person to Voter Services, but you may not carry someone else’s.

Absentee Ballot Applications may be requested by calling Voter Services at 610-344-6410, or you may print out the Application and mail according to its instructions:
Absentee Ballot Application (Adobe PDF File)

Who may apply for an Absentee Ballot?

Qualified registered electors who will be absent from the Commonwealth or municipality of their residence by reason of

  • occupation, business or duties
  • observance of religious holiday
  • persons unable to go to the polls because of illness or physical disability
  • persons employed by the State or Federal government and their spouses or dependents who are within the territorial limits of the United States and the District of Columbia, but absent from their municipality of residence.

Monday, April 19, 2010
LAST DAY to REGISTER to VOTE.

Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Applications for civilian absentee ballots must have been received in the office of the
County Board of Elections
Voter Services Center
601 Westtown Road, Suite 150
PO Box 2747
West Chester, PA 19380-0990
610-344-6410

Friday, May 14, 2010
Absentee Ballots must have been received in the office of the County Board of Elections (above) not later than 5:00 PM to be counted.