Published April 11. 2026 08:50AM<\/p>\n
The Northampton County Elections Commission approved a request in late March from the Elections Office to schedule up to six pop-up voter services events ahead of the state\u2019s May 19 primary election.<\/p>\n
Dates for the pop-up events have not been set.<\/p>\n
The first two locations confirmed for events are Northampton Community College in Bethlehem Township and Lafayette College Student Center in Easton.<\/p>\n
The Elections Office is looking for additional locations in other areas of Northampton County.<\/p>\n
The initiative is intended to expand access for voters facing transportation or scheduling barriers; increase community engagement; and reduce congestion at the Elections Office and permanent drop box locations.<\/p>\n
The events function as a temporary extension of the Elections Office, allowing voters to:<\/p>\n
\u2022 Register to vote (deadline May 4).<\/p>\n
\u2022 Apply for a mail-in or absentee ballot.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Receive and complete a ballot on demand.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Return their ballot securely on site or via the existing drop boxes.<\/p>\n
All ballots issued and returned through these events will be handled in the same manner as standard absentee and mail-in ballots and will not be opened or counted until Election Day, consistent with Pennsylvania law.<\/p>\n
Events at each location will be held for one day for a limited period of time and staffed by the trained personnel from the Elections Office. All ballot handling will follow existing chain-of-custody procedures, with a secure, locked and continuously monitored mobile drop box, and with ballot collection coordinated with the Sheriff\u2019s Department (consistent with county drop box operations).<\/p>\n
\u201cThe events are designed to build on the existing election processes, not replace them, by bringing services directly into the communities we serve,\u201d said Chris Commini, Northampton County elections registrar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published April 11. 2026 08:50AM The Northampton County Elections Commission approved a request in late March from the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2240,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154],"class_list":["post-163237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163237\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}