(Photo Provided with Release Courtesy of the Pennsylvania Department of State)
Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News
(Harrisburg, PA) According to a release from the Pennsylvania Department of State, Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt reminded Pennsylvanians today that the deadline to register to vote in the November 4th municipal election is four weeks away, which is on October 20th, 2025. This is to make sure that every voter that is eligible in Pennsylvania can make their voices heard and that elections can be conducted both fairly and freely, which the Shapiro Administration puts as top priorities for them. According to that same release from the Pennsylvania Department of State, here is some more information about both voter eligibility and how to get ready for the November 4th, 2025 municipal election in Pennsylvania.
- The department’s candidate database, which you can click here to see, lists county and statewide judicial candidates running for office.
To be eligible to register to vote in the Nov. 4 municipal election, a person must be:
- A U.S. citizen for at least one month before the election,
- A resident of the election district in which the person plans to register for at least 30 days before the election, and
- At least 18 years old on or before Nov. 4.
- Pennsylvanians who are already registered to vote can check their registration status online by clicking here. They can also update their voter record by clicking here with any name, address, or party affiliation changes online.
Eligible Pennsylvanians can also get a voter registration application at the following locations:
- their county voter registration office,
- county assistance offices,
- Women, Infants & Children (WIC) program offices,
- Armed Forces recruitment centers,
- county clerk of orphans’ courts or marriage license offices,
- area agencies on aging,
- county mental health and intellectual disabilities offices,
- student disability services offices of the State System of Higher Education,
- offices of special education in high schools, and
- Americans with Disabilities Act-mandated complementary paratransit providers.
- In 2023, all PennDOT driver and photo license centers began offering automatic voter registration, which provides eligible Pennsylvanians with a convenient way to apply to register to vote when they obtain a new driver’s license or ID card or renew their existing identification. The Shapiro Administration launched the automatic registration initiative as part of its continued commitment to ensuring free, fair, and secure elections.
- Registered voters can also request a mail ballot online by clicking here. Mail ballot applications must be received by a voter’s county elections board by 5 p.m. Oct. 28. Completed mail ballots must be received by county election offices by 8 p.m. Nov. 4.
- The Department’s voter information website, vote.pa.gov, is available in English, Spanish, and Chinese and offers a polling place locator which you can click here to see and contact information for county elections offices by clicking here. It also includes tips for first-time voters by clicking here, mail-in and absentee voters by clicking here, elderly and disabled voters by clicking here, and members of the military by clicking here.