Lehigh and Northampton counties have announced the locations and hours of drop-off boxes for mail-in ballots.
No-excuse, mail-in ballots remain legal in Pennsylvania – even as Senate Republicans in Harrisburg have moved to eliminate ballot drop-off boxes, and the fate of Act 77, which allowed no-excuse ballots, is in the hands of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
It is illegal to drop off more than one ballot. Certificate of designated agent forms can be obtained to drop off a ballot of someone who is physically unable to do so. See www.vote.pa.gov for details.
All ballots must be enclosed in the secrecy mailing envelope before being sealed in the mailing envelope. Secrecy envelopes cannot have any identifying marks. Mailing envelopes must be signed and dated. Any ballots that fail to do this will not be counted.
May 2 is the last day to register to vote before the May 17 primary.
Applications to vote by mail must be received by a county by 5 p.m. on May 10. The deadline to turn in a mail-in ballot is 8 p.m. on May 17.
LEHIGH COUNTY
Drop-off boxes for mail-in ballots will be available at five locations in Lehigh County beginning May 2.
Ballots can be dropped off at these locations instead of by mail or by handing them to a voter registration office employee.
District 1: Whitehall Township Municipal Building
3219 MacArthur Road, Whitehall
Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
District 2: Lehigh County Authority Lobby
1053 Spruce Road, Wescosville
Monday to Friday, 8:15 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.
District 3: Fountain Hill Borough Building
941 Long Street, Fountain Hill
Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
District 4: Lehigh County Government Center
17 South 7th Street, Allentown
Available 24/7 at main entrance
District 5: Macungie Borough Building
21 Locust Street, Macungie
Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
NORTHAMPTON COUNTY
Boxes will be available in Northampton County starting April 25 and until 8 p.m. on May 17, primary election day.
Northampton County Government Center
669 Washington St., Easton
Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Northampton County Human Services Building
2801 Emrick Blvd., Bethlehem Township
Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Northampton County 911 Center
100 Gracedale Ave., Upper Nazareth Township
Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Bethlehem City Hall
10 E. Church St., Bethlehem
Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.