Allegheny Votes - April 4, 2024

April 4, 2024

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: MONDAY, APRIL 8

Prospective voters have until Monday, April 8, to register to vote. Applications must be received by 5 PM in the Elections Division office at 542 Forbes Ave., downtown Pittsburgh, or if completed online, must be finished no later than 11:59 PM Monday.

This deadline also applies to voters who wish to change their registered address, name, or party affiliation for the April 23rd election. The voter registration deadline is the same no matter how you register to vote: 15 days before any election.

The online form must be submitted before midnight on the deadline date, no matter when you start filling out the form. If you miss this deadline, you will be informed that your registration will not take effect until the next election.

Register online here, or pick up a paper registration form at the Elections Division. Office hours are Monday-Friday from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM.

OVER THE COUNTER VOTING UNDERWAY THROUGH APRIL 16

Over-the-counter voting continues through April 16, which is the last day to complete a request for a mail-in ballot.

Voters may come to the first floor of the County Office Building at 542 Forbes Ave., the corner of Forbes and Ross St., where they may complete a mail-in or absentee ballot application at the counter. After the application is reviewed and approved the voter is presented with all materials needed to vote by mail. Voters may immediately vote and return the ballot on site or take the materials with them. The voted ballot must be returned to the Elections Division either by mail or hand-delivery by the voter no later than 8 PM on election day, Tuesday, April 23.

After the April 16 deadline for mail-in voting applications, voters who need to vote prior to April 23 will need to request an emergency ballot at the County Office Building.

The counter in the lobby has the same hours as the Elections Division office – 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM, Monday through Friday.

PLAN YOUR VOTE: CHECK YOUR POLLING PLACE

If you plan to vote in person, be aware that more than 60 of the 1327 polling places in Allegheny County have been relocated for the April 23 primary election.

You can check on whether your polling place location has or will be moved at Candidate and Municipality Resources - Allegheny County, PA under the Polling Places Listing.

In this Excel formatted spreadsheet, rows highlighted in yellow show polling places that have been relocated. Rows highlighted in red will be moving when new locations can be identified.

Additionally, a mailing advising voters of their new polling locations will be sent to all households in affected precincts. On Election Day, signage will be posted on the former polling places directing voters to their new polling places.

As always, voters planning to vote in person on election day are encouraged to check their polling place and their registration before heading out to the polls.

MAIL-IN, ABSENTEE BALLOT RETURN OPPORTUNITIES COMING SOON

As of last week, approximately 113,000 voters have requested mail-in or absentee ballots. As of this writing, more than 110,000 ballots have been placed in the mail to voters.

Your completed ballot can be returned via mail (a first class stamp is the correct postage) or you may return it in person, early, to any of seven staffed ballot return locations on the two weekends before Election Day:

Saturday, April 13, and April 20, 9 am – 5 pm
Sunday, April 14, and April 21, 11 am – 7 pm

In the following locations:

East End: Carnegie Public Library of Squirrel Hill
5801 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15217

South: South Park Ice Rink
30 Corrigan Drive
Bethel Park, PA 15102

North: North Park Ice Rink
1200 Pearce Mill Road
Wexford, PA 15090

East: Boyce Park Four Seasons Lodge
901 Centerview Drive
Plum, PA 15239

West: 911 Call Center
150 Hookstown Grade Road
Moon, PA 15108

Mon Valley: Kane McKeesport
100 Ninth Street
McKeesport, PA 15132

Downtown Pittsburgh: County Office Building
542 Forbes Avenue at Ross Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
(Voters may park briefly on Ross Street in the lane nearest the building while turning in a ballot.)

Remember: each voter may only return their own ballot unless they have completed authorization forms to turn in a ballot on behalf of someone who physically is unable to return their own ballot. Weekend ballot return locations accept only completed ballots, enclosed in signed and dated declaration envelopes. Locations are staffed by county employees who will assure ballot declaration envelopes are correctly dated, signed, and date-stamped before they are accepted.

Completed mail-in and absentee ballots may also be returned at the Ross Street entrance of the County Office Building Monday, April 15 – Thursday, April 18 from 8:30 am-4:30 pm; Friday, April 19 from 8:30 am – 8 pm; Saturday, April 20 from 9 am – 5 pm; Sunday, April 21 from 11 am – 7 pm; the day before Election Day, Monday, April 22 from 8:30 am-8 pm. Election Day ballot return hours are the same as polling hours, 7 am-8 pm.