Voting Information
| IMPORTANT DATES October 19, 2026 – Registration Deadline Last day to register to vote before the Primary Election. PA Online Voter Registration Application online October 27, 2026 – Ballot Request Deadline November 3, 2026 – General Election Day Polls are open from 7:00 am to 8:00 pm. Last day for return of mail-in and civilian absentee ballots. If you plan to vote in person on Tuesday, November 3 you can check on your polling place location here. You’ll need your municipality, ward, and district to identify your polling place. If you don’t have that information, you can find it here. Polling places are open from 7 AM to 8 PM. Voters in line at 8 PM will be allowed to vote. |
| COUNTY OFFICE BUILDING 2026 ELECTION SERVICE SCHEDULE |
The County Office Building offers the greatest number of in-person opportunities to register, to vote, and to return ballots. Voters returning ballots in the last week before the election, beginning October 26, will be allowed to park briefly in the curb lane on Ross Street.
DATE: Monday to Friday, starting when ballots are available through October 19, excluding the October 12 county holiday
TIME: 8:30 am to 4:30 pm
SERVICE AND LOCATION: Over the Counter Voting, Ballot Return at Forbes Ave. Entrance; Registration in Rm. 326
SATELLITE VOTING TIMES, DATES, LOCATIONS
Five satellite election offices will be available to serve voters around the county between October 7 and October 25. At these locations, voters may register (through the October 19 deadline), apply for, receive, vote, and return their mail-in and absentee ballots.
On Wednesday and Thursday, October 7 and 8, 2026, from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm, a satellite office will be open at:
North Park Ice Rink
1200 Pearce Mill Rd., Wexford 15090
PA DEPARTMENT OF STATE VOTING PAGE
vote.pa.gov– Check your registration, first-time voter information, apply for a mail-in ballot, find your polling place or get further information from the Pennsylvania Department of State.
FROM ALLEGHENY COUNTY
If you applied for and voted by mail-in ballot in the Primary Election, and if you checked the box on the application requesting mail-in ballots for the rest of the year, there is no need to apply again. Unsure whether you have already applied? Before you apply again, check your status on Online/Absentee Ballot Tracking (pa.gov). With your name, your birthdate, and your county, you can see where you are in the process of applying for a mail-in or absentee ballot.
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS (NONPARTISAN) INFORMATION
Pennsylvania specific information: https://www.vote411.org/pennsylvania
PHONE HELP: 1-877-VOTESPA (868-3772)
Federal Election Commission Election Day Information
The duties of the FEC, which is an independent regulatory agency, are to disclose campaign finance information, to enforce the provisions of the law such as the limits and prohibitions on contributions, and to oversee the public funding of Presidential elections.