Mail-In Voting: What to Know

Another 200,000 Pennsylvania voters requested mail-in ballots for the Nov. 3 presidential election, as Democrats still far outnumber Republicans who have asked for one.

Many ballots have yet to arrive for voters who requested a mail-in ballot weeks ago. County election officials say most of the ballots have been printed and are either en route to voters or will be by next week.

A million more Democratic voters in Pennsylvania have requested mail-in ballots than Republican voters, a huge difference that could cause a dayslong delay in declaring a winner in one of the most important states in the Nov. 3 election.

There are dozens of drop boxes available across southeastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey and Delaware for voters using mail-in ballots in the Nov. 3 election. NBC10 has created a map for you to find those nearest you.

If you’re voting by mail in Pennsylvania, there are a few steps you need to make sure you complete to properly fill out your ballot. Here’s a step-by-step guide. Need to drop off your ballot? Here’s a list of ballot drop-off locations in Pennsylvania. Here’s a list of ballot drop-off locations in New Jersey.

More than 3 million mail-in ballots could be cast in Pennsylvania in the Nov. 3 presidential election. County election officials want to start counting them early to speed up the process of declaring a winner. Politics in Harrisburg is standing in the way.

A few things to remember can go a long way toward assuring your vote is counted in the Nov. 3 presidential election. Here are some tips for filling out a mail-in ballot in Pennsylvania.

The chairwoman of Philadelphia’s election board says as many as 40,000 mail-in ballots could be thrown out in the Nov. 3 presidential election because they lack a “secrecy envelope.”

Counties can now begin printing the ballots and send them out as soon as possible after the state gave final approval Thursday. More than 600,000 voters have asked already for mail-in ballots in southeastern Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration has told county election offices not to discard a mail-in ballot in the Nov. 3 presidential election based solely on what a signature looks like on the ballot’s outer envelope.

Thousands of mail-in ballots didn’t count because they arrived too late to county election offices or because signatures were either missing or didn’t match. Election officials are urging people to send back their ballots as soon as possible for the upcoming Nov. 3 presidential election.

Nearly 1.5 million Pennsylvanians voted by mail-in ballot in the primary election, and that number is expected to be even higher in the Nov. 3 presidential election as the COVID-19 pandemic shows no signs of easing. Here are questions and answers to help voters as Election Day approaches, based information from election officials in Pennsylvania....

Election officials in two of Pennsylvania’s most populous counties, Montgomery and Philadelphia, are optimistic about in-person voting, with thousands already volunteering to work the polls.