Voter Registration
Voter Registration
Register to Vote
To vote in Pennsylvania, you must register at least 15 days before the election.
There are several ways to register to vote: Online, by mail, or by visiting the Election Services office or other government agencies, like PennDOT.
The deadline to register to vote for the 2024 General Election is Monday, October 21, 2024.
The deadline for in-person voter registration is 15 days prior to each primary or election. Registration applications must be received by the Election Services office no later than 5 p.m. on the voter registration deadline in order to be processed for the upcoming primary or election.
Registering to Vote at the Elections Office
You may register to vote at the Berks County Elections Office, 633 Court Street, located at the corner of Court and Reed Streets in downtown Reading. Regular business hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The telephone number is (610) 478-6490.
Registering to Vote by Mail
You may register to vote by mail. Paper registration forms can be picked up at the Election Services Office and are available at many Municipal Buildings, State Liquor Stores and some branches of the United States Postal Service. You can also obtain registration forms from many Federal, State Senate and State House Representative offices or from your local political party committee.
The form can also be downloaded to be completed and mailed to:
Attn: Election Services
Berks County Services Center
633 Court Street, 1st Floor
Reading, PA 19601
Registering to Vote at PennDot Driver's License Centers
You may register to vote or update your voter registration information when applying for or renewing your Pennsylvania Driver's License.
Register to Vote at Government Agencies
In addition to PennDOT, you can register to vote at many other state government offices, including:
- State offices that provide public assistance and services to persons with disabilities
- Armed Forces Recruitment Centers
- County Clerk of Orphans' Court offices, including each Marriage License Bureau
- Area Agencies on Aging
- Centers for Independent Living
- County Mental Health and Mental Retardation offices
- Student disability services offices of the State System of Higher Education
- Offices of Special Education
- DA Complementary Paratransit offices
PLEASE NOTE: In Pennsylvania, all election documents require an actual signature.
Pennsylvania law provides for permanent voter registration, unless the voter's registration should be cancelled in accordance with law. All electors, except those in the military service of the United States and bedridden or hospitalized war veterans unavoidably absent from their county of residence, must be registered to be eligible to vote
WARNING: As of Jan. 1, 2003, under the Federal Help America Vote Act of 2002, all new registrations must include your PA driver's license number. If you do not have a valid PA driver's license, then you may use the last four digits of your Social Security Number.
Updating Voter Registration
You must update your voter registration if you:
- move or change your address,
- change your name
- wish to change your party.
You can update your voter registration through any of the options listed above and checking the correct box under #3 on the form.
You may also update your signature by completing a voter registration form. It is important to keep a current version of your signature in your voter record, especially if your handwriting has changed through the years.
Conducting a Voter Registration Drive
- Voter Registration Statistics History
- 2024 General Primary
- 2023 Municipal Primary
- 2023 Municipal Election
- 2022 General Election
- 2021 Municipal Primary
- 2021 Municipal Election
- 2020 General Primary
- 2020 General Election
- 2019 Municipal Primary
- 2019 Municipal Election
- 2018 General Primary
- 2018 General Election
- 2017 Municipal Primary
- 2017 Municipal Election
- 2016 General Primary
- 2016 General Election
- 2015 Municipal Primary
- 2015 Municipal Election
- 2014 General Primary
- 2014 General Election
- 2013 Municipal Primary
- 2013 Municipal Election
- 2012 General Election
- 2012 General Primary
- 2011 Municipal Primary
- 2011 Municipal Election
- 2010 General Election
- 2010 General Primary
- 2009 Municipal Primary
- 2009 Municipal Election
- 2008 General Primary
- 2008 General Election
- 2007 Municipal Primary
- 2007 Municipal Election
- 2006 General Primary
- 2006 General Election
- 2005 Municipal Election
- 2004 General Primary
- 2003 Municipal Primary
- 2003 Municipal Election
- 2002 General Primary
- 2002 General Election
- 2001 Municipal Primary
- 2001 General Election
- 2000 General Election