Polling places will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday for this year’s general election.
Philadelphians can search their address at atlas.phila.gov/voting to find their voting location.
Only people voting at a precinct for the first time are required to show identification. Among the accepted forms of ID are a driver’s license, U.S. passport, student card, employer ID, current utility bill and paycheck.
The City Commissioners, who oversee elections in the city, have posted a list of people who incorrectly submitted mail-in ballots. In all, the commissioners noted more than 2,000 ballot errors.
Issues include ballots sent in without signatures; without dates; with potentially incorrect dates; and without a secrecy envelope. These votes could go uncounted, according to the commissioners.
Anyone on the list, which is posted at vote.phila.gov, is encouraged to go to Room 140 at City Hall to request a replacement ballot. The office will be open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday and 9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.
If someone cannot make it to City Hall, they can cast a provisional ballot at their polling place, election officials said.
Anyone who has not submitted their mail ballot should drop it off at one of the city’s vote collection boxes.
The 24/7 dropboxes are located at Engine 64 fire station; Strawberry Mansion Health Center; Heitzman Recreation Center; Eastwick Library, Engine 55 fire station; Overbrook Park Library; City Hall (near South Broad Street); Corporal Jimmy O’Connor Memorial Playground (formerly Chalfont); Dorothy Emanuel Recreation Center; Eastern State Penitentiary; Ford PAL Recreation Center; Independence Branch Library; Kendrick Recreation Center; 50th Street and Kingsessing Avenue; Markward Playground; Pelbano Recreation Center; Pleasant Playground; Shepard Recreation Center; Shissler Recreation Center; Smith Playground; Stenton Playground; Vogt Recreation Center; Riverview Place; and the election warehouse at 11311 Roosevelt Blvd.
Ballots must be returned by 8 p.m. Tuesday. Those that are postmarked prior to the deadline but do not arrive in time will not be counted, according to the Pennsylvania Department of State.
Residents can only drop off their own ballots. People who are physically unable to deliver their ballot can fill out a form designating another person as a delivery agent. The paperwork is available at vote.phila.gov.
Voters who received a mail ballot but want to vote in-person should bring their ballot to their polling place to have it voided. Anyone who misplaced their mail ballot or applied for and never received it can cast a provisional vote in-person. Those votes are counted after being vetted by election officials.
Election results will be posted after 8 p.m. at vote.phila.gov/results, with information on statewide races at electionreturns.pa.gov. Metrophiladelphia.com will have updated coverage.
