Voter Registration and Information
Register to Vote
- Elizabethtown College encourages students, faculty, and staff to engage in the wider community, including participating in the electoral process. You must be registered in order to vote!
- U. S. Citizens who will be 18 or older on election day may vote in the election.
- Students may choose to vote either in Pennsylvania or in the state from which they moved. A 1979 Supreme Court decision affirms the right of students to vote in the county and state in which they attend school, whether they live on or off campus. Students can register to vote in the location of their student residence or their previous permanent residence.
- Note that changing your voter registration from one state to another may impact some recipients of state government aid and a small number of recipients of private scholarships and grants. If you have one of these scholarships or grants please be sure to check eligibility requirements.
- Changing your voter registration from one state to another will not affect any of your federal financial aid, including Pell Grants, Perkins Loans and Stafford Loans, Direct Subsidized Loans, Direct Unsubsidized Loans, and other federal loans and grants. It will also not impact whether you are considered your parents’ dependent for FAFSA (Federal Application for Student Aid) purposes.
Register to Vote Now!
If you are planning on voting by mail, either mail-in or absentee, be sure to request and return your ballot with sufficient time to spare to ensure it is received in time.
Federal Election Day is Tuesday, November 3, 2020
Voter Registration Links
Please note that each state has different deadlines by which you need to be registered to vote in the upcoming election. Please follow the links for information and to register. Most states have online registration.
PA Online Voter Registration - Deadline Monday, October 19, 2020
https://www.pavoterservices.state.pa.us/Pages/VoterRegistrationApplication.aspx
MD Online Voter Registration - Deadline Tuesday, October 13, 2020
http://www.elections.state.md.us/voter_registration/application.html
NJ Voter Registration – Mail-in Only - Deadline Tuesday, October 13, 2020
http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/voting-information.html
DE Online Voter Registration - Deadline Saturday, October 10, 2020
https://ivote.de.gov/voterlogin.aspx
NY Online Voter Registration - Deadline Friday, October 9, 2020
https://dmv.ny.gov/more-info/electronic-voter-registration-application
For Registration Information for Other States
https://www.vote.org
For American Citizens Overseas – Federal Voting Assistance Program
https://www.fvap.gov/
Find Your Polling Place
VotesPA - Voting resources
http://www.votespa.com/en-us
Find Your PA Polling Place
https://www.pavoterservices.state.pa.us/pages/pollingplaceinfo.aspx
Find Your Polling Place and Other Voting Information – provided by National Association of Secretaries of State
https://www.nass.org/can-i-vote
Mail-in and Absentee Voting Information
Please note that when submitting an application for a mail-in or absentee ballot and voting by mail you need to be sure to allow sufficient time to receive your ballot and return your ballot by the required deadlines. Start early! Please follow the links for information about mail-in and absentee voting as well as to request a mail-in or absentee ballot. Please note that different states have different requirements, so be sure to check your state's requirements.
PA Mail-in and Absentee Ballot - Request Deadline Tuesday, October 27, 2020 / Return Deadline Tuesday, November 3, 2020, must be received by 11/3/20
https://www.votespa.com/Voting-in-PA/Pages/Mail-and-Absentee-Ballot.aspx
MD Mail-in Voting - Request Deadline Tuesday, October 20, 2020 / Return Deadline Tuesday, November 3, 2020, must be postmarked by 11/3/20
https://elections.maryland.gov/voting/absentee.html
NJ Vote by Mail - Request Deadline Tuesday, October 27, 2020 / Return Deadline Tuesday, November 3, 2020, must be postmarked by 11/3/20
https://nj.gov/state/elections/voting-information-vote-by-mail.html
DE Absentee Ballot - Request Deadline Friday, October 30, 2020 / Return Deadline Tuesday, November 3, 2020, must be received by 11/3/20
https://elections.delaware.gov/voter/absenteeballot.shtml
NY Absentee Voting - Request Deadline Tuesday, October 27, 2020 / Return Deadline Tuesday, November 3, 2020, must be postmarked by 11/3/20
https://www.elections.ny.gov/votingabsentee.html
For Mail-in and Absentee Voting Information for Other States
https://www.vote.org
For American Citizens Overseas – Federal Voting Assistance Program
https://www.fvap.gov/
Voter Info
Please check out the following links for more information about upcoming elections. Note that the links may not be updated in between elections.
http://yourvoteyourvoice.org/
Vote.org - voting and registration information for every state
https://www.vote.org
Project Vote Smart
http://votesmart.org/