With just a couple hours left to register to vote in November’s upcoming election, Lehigh Valley officials explain why you should definitely register before it’s too late — and how easy it is to do it.

Sure, it may not seem as big a deal as say, the presidential election.

“Compared to a gubernatorial election or a presidential election, the turnout is lower,” Northampton County Executive Lamont McClure said.

But officials like McClure say this upcoming general election, which focuses on state-wide judicial and local races, determines so much of our daily lives.

“Both of your county executive races are on the ballot in Northampton and Lehigh County,” McClure said. “All your supervisors and your commissioners and your Borough Council folks and your mayors, they’re all on the ballot.”

And officials argue now is more important than ever to have your voice heard.

“Especially in today’s world where there seems to be such a tremendous political divide,” Lehigh County Executive Phillips Armstrong said.

And right now, there’s just a couple hours to go until it’ll be too late to register.

“Up to 11:59 (Monday) night,” McClure said.

But don’t let that midnight Monday deadline deter you: officials say it only takes a few minutes to register online.

“It’s a very easy, straightforward process,” McClure said.

69 News found one fellow employee who had not yet registered, in order to fact check this. You can simply google “register to vote in pa” — or, since you’re here already, just CLICK HERE.

Fill this page out. When you get to the “Reason” section (#3 on the form), you also have the ability to update any of your information, if you already are registered, but want to change your address or political affiliation, for example. The deadline to do any of that is also Monday at 11:59 p.m.

Once you make it to the bottom of the form, don’t forget to click, confirming you’re not a robot. And then click continue.

“I mean, I know, all the light and the heat gets spent on the federal government and they’re shut down,” McClure said. “The state budget and it not being complete yet.”

But for just a couple more hours, you have the chance to register to vote for the people on the ground, where you live.

“These people are making decisions every day for you,” McClure said. “So you ought to go on the day you can; you can decide whether they’re going to be in the job or not. You ought to go and decide.”

After Monday, the next deadline to look out for is applying for a mail-in or absentee ballot. The last day to do that is next Tuesday, October 28.