The Commonwealth is offering a new way for voters to apply online for an absentee ballot. The new site, votesPA-dot-com-backslash-apply-absentee, went live yesterday, which was the first day registered voters could apply toward the November 5th election. The prior process to apply for absentee ballots was arranged in 1937, which state officials say was becoming more and more of a challenge to work with. For now, the online absentee ballot application will require either a PennDOT driver license or ID number in order to be processed, but it is expected that by next year a PennDOT number won’t be necessary.