(File Photo: Source for Photo: Voters line up outside the Bucks County Administration Building during early voting in the general election, Friday, Nov. 1, 2024, in Doylestown, Pa. (AP Photo/Michael Rubinkam)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) The Pennsylvania primary election is less than a week away, and locals will go to the polls on May 19th to vote for their favorite candidates. Polls open on election day from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. According to a release from the Pennsylvania Department of State, here is some more information about this election:

To be eligible to register to vote in the May 19 primary, a person must be:

·   a citizen of the United States for at least one month before the primary,

·   a resident of the election district in which the person plans to register for at least 30 days before the primary, and

·   at least 18 years old on or before May 19.

The deadline for county elections offices to receive completed mail ballots is 8 p.m. on Primary Election Day, May 19. Mail ballots received after that time will not be counted.

Pennsylvanians who prefer to vote in person can find their polling place, which you can find by clicking here, at vote.pa.gov, by clicking here. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m., and any voter in line by 8 p.m. will be allowed to vote.

The Department’s voter information website, vote.pa.gov, which you can access by clicking here, is available in English, Spanish, and Chinese and offers a polling place locator, which you can access by clicking here, and contact information for county elections offices, which you can learn about by clicking here. It also includes tips for first-time voters (click here for information), mail-in and absentee voters (click here for information), elderly and disabled voters, (click here for information), and members of the military (click here for information).