REGISTER
AND
VOTE
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DSBE·02/2021
Pennsylvania
Voter Registration Application
Register to vote
With this form, you can
register to vote in elections
in Pennsylvania.
You can also use this form to:
• Change the information on your
Pennsylvania voter registration.
• Register with a political party or change
the party you have selected.
If you are currently registered to vote in
Pennsylvania, you do not have to use this form
unless you have moved or changed your name.
To register you must:
• Be a United States citizen for at least 30 days
before the next election.
• Be a resident of Pennsylvania and your
election district for at least 30 days before
the next election.
• Be at least 18 years of age on the day of the
next election.
Register online
Yo
u can also register to vote
on t he web.
Go to vote.pa.gov/Register.
Send or deliver this form
To be registered in the next election, mail or
deliver your application form to your county
voter registration office at least 15 days before
the next election.
Addresses for all Pennsylvania counties are
listed on page 2.
If your registration is accepted, you will receive
a Voter Registration Card from your county by
nonforwardable mail.
Your registration is not complete until
processed and accepted by your county voter
registration office.
If you do not receive your Voter Registration
Card within 7-10 days, contact your county
voter registration office.
Verifying your identity
When you vote for the first time in your election
district, you must show a form of identification.
For a complete list of acceptable forms of photo
and non-photo identification, visit
www.vote.pa.gov/ID
or call your County
Board of Elections or 1-877-868-3772.
In the military?
If you are on active duty or you are a hospitalized
or bedridden veteran, you can register at any
time. See
www.fvap.gov for more information.
College student in
Pennsylvania?
If you are a college student who attends college
in Pennsylvania, you can register where you live
while attending school.
For more information, see www.vote.pa.gov.
You may only register and vote in one place.
In prison or convicted of a
felony?
If you meet all other requirements, you may
register and vote if:
• You are in prison awaiting trial but have not
been convicted.
• You are in prison after being convicted of a
misdemeanor only.
• You have been released from prison or a
halfway house after completing your term of
incarceration.
• You are on probation or released on parole.
• You are under house arrest.
You should register at the address where you
live, except that you cannot use a prison or
half-way house address for your registration.
See
www.vote.pa.gov for more information.
Información en español:
Si le interesa obtener este formulario en
español, llame al 1-877-868-3772.
For more information about
voting, visit our website:
www.vote.pa.gov.
Questions?
Call your County Voter
Registration Office
or call
1-877-868-3772.
PENALTY FOR FALSIFYING DECLARATION
Warning: If a person signs an official registration application knowing a statement
declared in the application to be false. makes a false registration, or furnishes false
information, the person commits perjury.
Perjury is punishable, upon conviction, by a term of imprisonment not exceeding seven
years. or a fine not exceeding $15,000, or both, at the discretion of the court.
Submitting an application containing false information may also subject a person to
other penalties, including loss of the right of suffrage, under state or federal law.
Confidentiality
If you decline to register to vote, the fact that
you declined will remain confidential, and will
be used for voter registration purposes only.
If you register to vote, the office at which you
register will remain confidential and will be
used for voter registration purposes only.
