{"id":317685,"date":"2026-10-30T15:42:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T15:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/317685\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T15:42:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T15:42:09","slug":"last-minute-reminders-for-pa-voters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/317685\/","title":{"rendered":"Last-minute reminders for Pa. voters"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Cameron<\/a>HARRISBURG, Pa. \u2014<\/p>\n

State election officials are sharing important reminders for Pennsylvania voters as they head into the final weekend before the 2026 midterm elections. <\/p>\n

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While the deadline has passed for voters to request mail-in or absentee ballots, those who have requested them in time will need to have their ballots submitted and received by their county elections office by 8 p.m. on Nov. 3.<\/p>\n

Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt is recommending voters submit ballots to their local elections offices in-person or at an authorized drop box if their county provides one, as mailing the ballot immediately before Election Day could risk it not being received in time.<\/p>\n

Those who have not submitted their mail-in ballots will also have the option to vote in-person on Election Day. <\/p>\n

Voters must bring their mail-in ballot materials, including the ballot and the included envelope, to their polling place on Election Day to have it voided. Voters can then vote via a standard ballot.<\/p>\n

Voters that requested a mail-in ballot but can\u2019t surrender it on Election Day can vote via a provisional ballot. Election workers will check to make sure that those voters didn\u2019t vote twice before counting their ballot.<\/p>\n

For help finding a polling location, voters can visit the Pennsylvania Voter Services website<\/a> for a search tool to help locate local polling places based on their address.<\/p>\n

Polling places will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Election Day, Nov. 3.<\/p>\n

Those voting for the first time at a polling place must bring a valid ID as listed on the Pennsylvania government website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HARRISBURG, Pa. \u2014 State election officials are sharing important reminders for Pennsylvania voters as they head into the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":317686,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[87295,10077,30813,129420,81962,5497,70960,129425,14288,121684,28,129426,30,29,129421,8561,80098,13203,16110,87135,129422,129424,129423],"class_list":["post-317685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-2026-midterm-elections","tag-absentee-ballot","tag-al-schmidt","tag-authorized-drop-box","tag-county-elections-office","tag-election-day","tag-mail-in-ballot","tag-mail-in-ballot-deadline","tag-midterm-elections","tag-nov-3","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-government-website","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-pennsylvania-voter-services","tag-pennsylvania-voters","tag-polling-locations","tag-polling-place","tag-provisional-ballot","tag-secretary-of-the-commonwealth","tag-valid-id","tag-vote-in-person","tag-voting-rules"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317685","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=317685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317685\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/317686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=317685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=317685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=317685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}