It’s election day, voting is under way and you still haven’t gotten around to filling out your mail-in ballot. Now what?
There’s still time to get your ballot in or, in the alternative, vote at the polls.
Polls open at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. on May 16.
Mail-in ballots must be received by 8 p.m. Ballots received via the mail the next day — even with a May 16 postmark — won’t do.
Drop boxes
You can bring your filled-out, mail-in ballot to drop boxes as long as they are still open. Not all are open until 8 p.m.
In Lehigh County, the only place you can bring a mail-in ballot until 8 p.m. is the Lehigh County Election Office at the Government Center, 17 S. Seventh St., Allentown.
In Northampton, the Elections Office, 669 Washington St., Easton, is open until 8 p.m. for ballot drop offs on May 16.
Also on election day, the Bethlehem City Hall drop box box will be open until 8 p.m.
Voting in person
You can bring your uncompleted ballot to your polling place, surrender it and sign a declaration to vote. If you forget to bring your uncompleted ballot to the polls, you can vote provisionally – meaning your vote won’t be tallied until verified.
To find your polling place, click here.
Lehigh County drop-box locations
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 St. Fountain Hill
Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
District 4: Lehigh County Government Center
17 South 7th St. Allentown
Available 24/7 at main entrance
District 5: Macungie Borough Building
21 Locust St., Macungie
Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Northampton County drop-box locations
Northampton County Courthouse
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.
Open to 8 p.m. on Election Day
Getting help
If you are denied the right to vote in this situation or any other reason, you can call the Election Protection Hotline at the following numbers.
English: 1-866-687-8683
Spanish: 1-888-839-8682
Arabic: 1-844-925-5287
For Bengali, Cantonese, Hindi, Urdu, Korean, Mandarin, Tagalog, or Vietnamese: 1-888-274-8683