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READING, Pa. — Let’s start with voters who already have a mail ballot.
“We recommend that as soon as voters receive their ballot, they should complete it and return it to their county board of elections immediately,” Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt said.
Berks County has three ballot drop boxes: the Services Center in Reading, the South Campus in Mohnton and the Reading Regional Airport in Bern Township.
“Mail ballots must be received at county election offices by 8 p.m. on Election Day for them to count,” Schmidt said. “A postmark by Election Day is not sufficient.”
Voters must return their own ballot. The only exception is for someone helping a voter with a disability, who has completed the required form.
“A voter who applied for and received a mail ballot, but has decided to vote in person at their polling place instead should bring all their ballot materials with them, including the outer envelope, to their polling place,” Schmidt said.
“A poll worker will then take the mail ballot materials, they’ll void them, and the voter will be allowed to vote in the voting booth.”
Voters who no longer have their mail ballot can cast a provisional ballot.
All three Berks County drop boxes are open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. from Tuesday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday and from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m. on Election Day.
Only first-time voters at a polling place must show identification.
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