Election 2024: Secure Ballot Boxes Open In Montco

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, PA —The Montgomery County Board of Elections will operate multiple secure ballot drop boxes throughout the county to help voters meet the Nov. 5 general election deadline.

Residents can deposit mail-in ballots and absentee ballots at a secure ballot drop box as an alternative to returning their ballot by USPS mail.

Residents can only return their ballot to a secure ballot drop box.

Ballots are collected from the drop boxes daily by Montgomery County Security and stored securely at the Voter Services office.

Ballot drop boxes, with the exemption of the ballot drop box inside One Montgomery Plaza in Norristown, will be available 24/7.

The ballot boxes are located in:

• Abington —Abington Township Municipal Building, 1176 Old York Rd., Abington
• Cheltenham —Township Tax Office, 8230 Old York Rd, Elkins Park, PA 19027
• Harleysville —Magisterial District Courts, 840 Harleysville Pike, Suite 2, Harleysville, PA
• Lansdale —Lansdale Magisterial District Courts, 430 Pennbrook Pkwy, Lansdale, PA 19446
• Lansdale —Community Connections Lansdale Office, 421 West Main St., Lansdale, PA 19446
• Lower Merion —Ludington Library, Ludington Library, 5 South Bryn Mawr Ave., Bryn Mawr
• Norristown —Montgomery County Airy Street Parking Lot, Corner of Airy and DeKalb Streets, Norristown, PA 19401
• Norristown —One Montgomery Plaza, 425 Swede St., Norristown, PA 19401 (Note: This drop box is available weekdays from 6 a.m. until 11 p.m., Saturday and Sunday from 6 a.m. until 10 p.m., and 6 a.m. until 8 p.m. on Election Day.)
• Pottstown —Montgomery County Office of Public Health, 364 King St., Pottstown, PA 19464, (Between N. Evans Street and N. Franklin Street)
• Royersford —Victory Park Parking Lot, 2nd & Arch Street, Royersford, PA 19468 (near the Electric Vehicle Charging Stations)
• Skippack —Montgomery County 4H Center, 1015 Bridge Road, Collegeville, PA 19474 (Note: Please park in the lot adjacent to the drop box and then proceed over to the drop box itself to deposit your ballot to preserve the flow of traffic through the complex.)
• Upper Dublin —Upper Dublin Magisterial District Courts, 1301 S. Bethlehem Pike, Ambler
• Upper Dublin —Upper Dublin Library, 520 Virginia Dr., Fort Washington, PA 19034
• Upper Frederick —Green Lane Park Office • 2144 Snyder Road • Green Lane, PA 18054
• Upper Merion —Upper Merion Township Building, 175 W. Valley Forge Rd., King of Prussia
• Upper Moreland —Willow Grove Annex, 102 N. York Rd., Willow Grove, PA 19090
• Whitemarsh —Whitemarsh Magisterial District Courts, 4002 Center Avenue • Lafayette Hill

Before You Drop Off Your Ballot

Before dropping mail-in or absentee ballots into the drop-off box, voters must make sure their completed ballot is placed inside the smaller, secrecy envelope first.

Then, put the sealed secrecy envelope into the official return envelope and complete the Voter’s Declaration on the back, taking care to sign & date the outer envelope. Ballots that are not in both envelopes cannot be counted per Pennsylvania Election Code.

Pursuant to the Pennsylvania Election Code, voted ballots may only be returned by the individual voter and not by any other individuals.

All drop box locations are monitored using CCTV video surveillance. Anyone depositing a ballot that does not belong to them without a Designated Agent Form will be referred to the District Attorney’s Office.

Only ballots issued by Montgomery County, PA can be returned to a Montgomery County, PA secure ballot drop box. If you live in another county, you must return your ballot to that county's Election Board.

If a voter has an illness or disability that will prevent them from dropping off their ballot, they can designate an agent to pick up or drop off their ballot.

The agent can only pick up or drop off ballots for voters who are in the same household, and the ballot can only be picked up at the Voter Services Office located at 425 Swede St., 6th Floor, Norristown, PA 19401.

The first page should be signed by the agent, and the second page should be signed by the voter.