Polls open in Pennsylvania at 7:00 a.m. They will remain open until 8:00 p.m.
Heavy turnout and long lines are expected. Voters who arrive before 8:00 pm. will be permitted to vote, but voters are urged to arrive early in order to avoid crowds and longer lines.
Anyone who doesn't know where to vote or how the machine works can log on to www.votespa.com. That's where the state provides information on how each of the 67 counties conducts elections. They caution that different counties use different methods.
Judges of elections can require newly- registered first-time voters to provide identification. The following items are acceptable forms of identification:
- Pennsylvania drivers license or Pennsylvania I.D. card
- Identification issued by and federal or state agency
- Student identification with photo
- United States Military Identification
- Voters Registration Card
- Gun permit with name and address
- Government check with name and address
- Current utility bill with name and address
- Current bank statement with name and address
- Paycheck with name and address
PHILADELPHIA ELECTION DAY TELEPHONE NUMBERS
CITY COMMISSIONERS
Chairperson, Honorable Margaret Tartaglione
215-686-3461
Commissioners Office - Room 132
215-686-3462
Commissioner Edgar Howard
Honorable Joseph Duda
215-686-3464
COMMITTEE OF SEVENTY
215-557-3600
ELECTION DAY COMPLAINTS
215-686-1590
VOTING MACHINE MALFUNCTION
215-686-7800
ELECTION BOARD - (Absentee Ballots, Pollworkers)
215-686-3469 & 215-686-3943
ELECTION LEGAL MATTERS
215-686-3940
MISSING ELECTION MATERIALS
215-686-1530
215-686-1531
215-686-1532
WATCHER CERTIFICATES
215-686-1535
CITY HALL OPERATOR
215-686-1776
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS INTERPRETERS
1-866-874-3972
DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S COMPLAINT INTAKE UNIT
215-686-9641
215-686-9643
215-686-9644
215-686-9645
DEMOCRATIC CITY COMMITTEE
215-241-7800
REPUBLICAN CITY COMMITTEE
215-561-0650
CENTRAL ELECTION COURT (ROOM 676, CITY HALL)
215-686-4278
OTHER COUNTY BOARDS OF ELECTION
BERKS
610-478-6490
BUCKS
215-348-6154
CHESTER
610-344-6410
DELAWARE
610-891-4673
LEHIGH
610-782-3198
NORTHAMPTON
610-559-3055
MONTGOMERY
610-278-3275
PHILADELPHIA
215-686-1590
