1 · Start at the source
The Pennsylvania Department of State is the official home for everything Pennsylvania — dates, rules, and the record the state keeps on you.
View all election information from your state →Check your Pennsylvania registration before the deadlines arrive.
Pennsylvania runs on hard dates: a day to be registered by, a day to request a mail ballot by, a day it must arrive. The record the commonwealth holds for you is the place to start.
Step by step
Confirm you're ready to vote in Pennsylvania
2 · Run a guided check
Scan Check Protect walks you through verifying your registration details and flags what needs fixing — free, for every state on this list.
Start at Scan Check Protect →3 · Register or update
Moved, changed your name, or never registered? Go straight to the official channel.
Register → Update your details →The Department of State's lookup works by full name or PennDOT number, and an exact match shows the party affiliation and polling place on file for you. Pennsylvania's official election calendar →
Mark the calendar
Upcoming Pennsylvania elections
Election dates load live from the Federal Voting Assistance Program feed via LegiTrack. If nothing appears here, see Pennsylvania's official election schedule.
Dates: Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP), via LegiTrack. Stateside registration and absentee deadlines are set by the Pennsylvania Department of State — always confirm against the official schedule.
The law is moving
Latest election legislation in Pennsylvania
The three most recent Pennsylvania election bills load live from LegiTrack. If nothing appears here, browse them on LegiTrack directly.
Official channels
Pennsylvania voter resources
- Register to vote
- Update your registration
- Voter ID rules
- Vote by mail / absentee
- Early voting
- Track your ballot
- Official election dates
- County election offices
Every Pennsylvania resource in one place, kept current: the Pennsylvania page at Scan Check Protect →
Why this site exists
Clean voter rolls and informed voters make honest elections. This site is a project of True the Vote, pointing Pennsylvania voters at the official tools that already exist — and at Scan Check Protect to verify your registration, and LegiTrack to follow the laws that govern it.
Elections in Pennsylvania are run by the Pennsylvania Department of State. Where anything here differs from what they publish, they are right and this page is not.