Pennsylvania
voters can download and mail in the Voter
Registration Form.
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Voter Registration
Voter registration
is established by law throughout Pennsylvania. All electors, except members
of the Armed Forces and bedridden or hospitalized veterans unavoidably
absent from the country of residence, must be registered to be eligible
to vote. After registration, unless he or she changes his or her residence,
an elector is not required to register again.
Qualifications
of Voters
Individuals possessing
the following qualifications are entitled to register to vote:
* must be
18 years on the day of the next election. They must have been citizens
of the United States for at least one month.
* must have resided
in the state for 30 days immediately preceding the election. They must
have resided in the election district where they vote at least 30 days
prior to the election (a voter who moves within the 30 days may vote in
the district from which they moved).
Can Felons Vote?
The Commonwealth
Court of Pennsylvania ruled on December 26, 2000 that the Pennsylvania
law prohibiting convicted felons from registering to vote for five years
after their release from prison is unconstitutional. Consequently, if completing
an older version of the Voter Registration Mail Application (VRMA) form,
a convicted felon who has been released from prison may make application
to register to vote by striking through the felony conviction line at Section
9(2) on the VRMA and signing his or her name.
Convicted felons
who are incarcerated on the date of a primary or general election are not
eligible to vote, regardless of whether they are registered. However, pre-trial
detainees and misdemeanants are eligible to register to vote and/or to
vote by absentee ballot if they otherwise qualify to vote under law.
Note that we
Deadline to Register
to Vote
Register in person
at the Lycoming County Voter Registration Office in the courthouse annex
on Pine Street in Williamsport.
Register to vote
in conjunction with an application for, or renewal of, a Driver's License.
Register
to Vote by Mail. A registration mail application is available to all
persons and organizations upon request. This includes candidates, political
parties, and political bodies.
Must be received
— 30 days before an election or primary.
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