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League of Women Voters

Voter Registration

bulletTO VOTE IN PENNSYLVANIA, YOU MUST BE REGISTERED

Individuals possessing the following qualifications are entitled to register to vote:

They will be at least eighteen years of age on the day of the next election.

They will have been a citizen of the United States for at least one month prior to the next election.

They will have resided in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and in their election district for at least thirty days prior to the next election.

bulletTO REGISTER

Under the Pennsylvania Voter Registration Act of 1995, persons applying for a driver's license or renewal or change of address at the Motor Vehicle Boards will automatically be registered to vote unless they so decline. Also, persons served by public assistance offices, the marriage license bureau, military recruiting offices and offices with state-funded programs for the disabled will be asked to register to vote.

Mail registration forms will be available at post offices, libraries, municipal buildings and party offices. You may also appear at the Voter Registration Office, Room 209, Municipal Bldg., Lebanon.

After your registration is processed, you will receive an acknowledgement notice from the Voter Registration Office stating your pertinent registration information and your polling place.

The election law prohibits removal of a voter's name from the rolls simply for not voting. A voter's name may be removed for the following reasons:

Upon the death of the elector as reported by the Department of Health

At the request of the elector.

Upon confirmation that the elector has moved outside the country.

In accordance with one of the two voter removal programs.

bulletABSENTEE BALLOTS Any registered voter who is unable to vote at their polling place because of illness or absence from the county, may apply in person, or in writing, to the Voter Registration Office, Municipal Building, Lebanon, PA 17042, to request an application for an absentee ballot. This application must be returned before the absentee ballot is issued. The absentee ballot may be obtained no earlier than 50 days and no later than 7 days before the primary or election days. The ballot must be returned to the County Board of Elections before 5 P.M. on the Friday before the election.

 

bulletPOLLS OPEN FROM 7 A.M. TO 8 P.M.FOR ALL ELECTIONS

VOTER REGISTRATION OFFICE

bulletElaine Ludwig, Chief Clerk of Elections and Registrations, Room 209, Municipal Building, 400 S. 8th Street, Lebanon, 274-2801 ext. 2243

2001 ELECTION CALENDAR

MUNICIPAL ELECTION

bulletFirst day to apply for civilian absentee ballot September 17
bulletLast day to register or change party or change address
bulletbefore the election October 9
bulletLast day to apply for absentee ballot October 30
bulletAbsentee ballots must be in election office by 5:00 P.M. November 2
bulletELECTION DAY November 6
bulletFirst day to register after November Election November 7

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