{"id":175234,"date":"2026-04-24T21:14:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T21:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/175234\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T21:14:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T21:14:10","slug":"northampton-county-expands-voter-access-with-pop-up-services-events-before-primary-election-election-central","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/175234\/","title":{"rendered":"Northampton County expands voter access with pop-up services events before primary election | Election Central"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, Pa. \u2013 Northampton County has announced four pop-up voter services events ahead of Pennsylvania\u2019s May 19 Primary Election.<\/p>\n<p>This initiative will expand access for voters facing transportation or scheduling barriers, increase community engagement, and also reduce congestion at the Elections Office and permanent drop box locations, according to a news release.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pop-Up Voter Services Locations<\/p>\n<p>When: Tuesday, April 28, 11:30 a.m. -1:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Where: Northampton Community College, in the College Center on the 2nd floor of the Student Life Zone, 3835 Green Pond Road, Bethlehem 18020<\/p>\n<p>Directions &amp; Parking: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northampton.edu\/admissions\/campus-locations\/maps-and-directions.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/www.northampton.edu\/admissions\/campus-locations\/maps-and-directions.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>When: Thursday, April 30, 11:00 a.m.- 2:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Where: Lafayette College, Farinon Student Center, Easton, PA 18042<\/p>\n<p>Directions &amp; Parking: Parking available on the 3rd level of Markle Parking Deck, which is centrally located on campus. In addition, on-street parking is located along McCartney St, High Street, and Clinton Terrace. A campus map can be found at <a href=\"https:\/\/campusmap.lafayette.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/campusmap.lafayette.edu\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>When: Tuesday, May 5, 4:00 p.m. -7:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Where: Upper Mount Bethel, Upper Mount Bethel Municipal Building, 387 Ye Olde Highway, Mount Bethel, PA 18343<\/p>\n<p>Directions &amp; Parking: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umbt.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/www.umbt.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>When: Friday, May 8, 9:00 a.m. \u2013 12:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Where: Lower Saucon Township, Lower Saucon Town Hall Municipal Building, 3700 Old Philadelphia Pike, Bethlehem, PA 18015<\/p>\n<p>Directions &amp; Parking: Directions and parking can be found here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lowersaucontownship.org\/government\/administration\/town_hall_complex.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/www.lowersaucontownship.org\/government\/administration\/town_hall_complex.php<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Each Voter Services event functions as a temporary extension of the Elections Office, allowing voters to:<\/p>\n<p>Register to vote (deadline May 4)Apply for a mail-in or absentee ballotReceive and complete a ballot on demandReturn their ballot securely on site or via the existing dropboxes<\/p>\n<p>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, officials said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Events at each location will be staffed by the County\u2019s trained Elections Division personnel. All ballot handling will follow existing chain-of-custody procedures, according to the news release.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, Pa. \u2013 Northampton County has announced four pop-up voter services events ahead of Pennsylvania\u2019s May 19&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":121433,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[214,153,155,154,836,434],"class_list":{"0":"post-175234","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bethlehem","8":"tag-_homepage_top_stories","9":"tag-bethlehem","10":"tag-bethlehem-headlines","11":"tag-bethlehem-news","12":"tag-election","13":"tag-northampton-county"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175234","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=175234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175234\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}