Help, I still haven't turned in my mail-in ballot

Also, how to find your polling place and get help if you are denied the right to vote

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 Nov. 7.

Mail-in ballots must be received by 8 p.m. Ballots received via the mail the next day — even with a Nov. 7 postmark — won’t be counted.

Lehigh County voters should note that when the county sent out mail-in-ballots initially, instructions said to place the ballot in a white secrecey envelope. The secrecy envelope is yellowfor some voters. The return envelope, where the secrecy ballot is placed, is white.

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 Nov. 7.   

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

Whitehall Township Municipal Building
3219 MacArthur Road, Whitehall
Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Lehigh County Authority Lobby
1053 Spruce Road, Wescosville
Monday to Friday, 8:15 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. 

Fountain Hill Borough Building
941 Long St. Fountain Hill
Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 

Lehigh County Government Center
17 S. Seventh St. Allentown
Available 24/7 at main entrance 

Macungie Borough Building
21 Locust St., Macungie
Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30  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