Health & Fitness
Are You Registered to Vote? Do You Have a Photo ID? Do They Match?
On weekends at the Gateway Shopping Center, get help with registering to vote, check your voter registration status, pick up an absentee ballot application, and learn about the new Voter ID law.
According to the U.S. Constitution all American citizens 18 years of age or older, regardless of race, color, religion, or creed, whether male or female, have the right to vote. However, voting in Pennsylvania this year will be a bit more complicated than prior years due to the new Voter ID law. A dedicated group of Main Line citizens are doing what they can to make sure that you can exercise that right on November 6th.
A small table located at Gateway Shopping Center (near Trader Joes and Great Earth Vitamins) is staffed with volunteers on weekends who will assist you by:
- Providing voter registration forms
- Helping people to complete their voter registration form
- Providing absentee ballot application forms and completion instructions
- Providing up to date information on the voter ID requirements
Additionally, if anyone has a question that the volunteer on duty is unable to answer, we will take their name, email address and/or phone number and get back to the questioner with an answer.
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The table will be staffed every Friday from 3 pm to 7 pm and every Saturday & Sunday from 9 am to 7 pm now thru October 7th.
We recommend that everyone check to make sure that (1) you are still registered to vote and that (2) your voter registration name exactly matches your name on the photo ID that you plan to use on Election Day. To confirm that you are registered, go to www.canivote.org . Select Pennsylvania; then click on Find Voter Registration Status. Entering your personal data will allow you to confirm that you are registered and provide you with the address of your polling place.
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Some may question whether citizens in our area really need help in registering to vote. When this service was provided in 2008 over 1000 people registered at the table! Volunteers assisted citizens from the 5-county Philadelphia area and Lancaster, Berks, and Lehigh Counties.
Key dates for this fall’s election are:
10/9 – last day that Voter Registration forms will be accepted by Voter Services
10/30 – last day that Absentee Ballot applications will be accepted by Voter Services
11/2 – last day that completed Absentee Ballots will be accepted by Voter Services
11/6 – Election Day
