Citizens have the right and the duty to vote in local, state, and national elections. However, they must first be registered in their home county.
Difficulty Level: easy Time Required: 30 minutes
Here's How:
- You must be a U.S. citizen and resident of both Pennsylvania and your election district at least one month before the next election.
- You must be 18 years of age by election day - you do not have to be 18 to register to vote.
- You have not been confined to a penal institution for the conviction of a felony within the past five years.
- Download a National Mail Voter Registration Form from the FEC and mail it to 520 N. Delaware Avenue, 5th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19123.
- Register in person at your county registration office - in Philadelphia on the fifth floor of Riverview Place at 520 N. Delaware Ave. (at Spring Garden Street), or in Room 142 City Hall.
- You may also register to vote when applying for or renewing a motor vehicle driver's license or in state welfare offices, vocational rehabilitation offices and armed services locations.
- You can also obtain a mail application form from your county registration office or at your neighborhood post office, library or state liquor store.
- However you obtain the form, be sure to complete the application in full and mail it to the county registration office.
- You should re-register if you have moved, changed your name or have failed to vote since before 1992.
- You should also re-register if you encountered a mix-up in your registration records at the last election and
needed a court order to vote.
- Be sure to register 30 days or more before the next election.
- Once you register be sure to exercise your right to vote.
- Study the platforms of all candidates to make sure that your
vote is meaningful.
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