Welcome to the Penn State Voting Guide!

This sited is designed to help students vote in the 2021 election! Check out the tabs above to discover in detail how to do everything from registering to vote, applying for a mail-in ballot, using a dropbox, and voting on Election Day on November 2.

Important dates:

  • Pennsylvania voter registration deadline is October 18
  • Pennsylvania mail-in ballot deadline is October 26
  • Election Day is November 2

Resources at a glance:

Vote.pa.gov is the PA Department of State’s one-stop shop for voting in Pennsylvania!

Information for College Students on the PA Department of State website.

Vote411.org for more information on candidates and your ballot

Voter Education and Engagement from Penn State’s Center for Ethics and Civic Engagement at Penn State-Brandywine

For University Park: 

For information on voting in Centre County, visit: CentreCountyVotes.com.

 

The information on this page was compiled and edited by the Penn State General Education Faculty Scholars’ Civic Engagement Sub-committee.

Faculty contributions and editing by:

Jessica O’Hara, Associate Teaching Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences–University Park, League of Women Voters at PSU faculty advisor, General Education Faculty Scholar, Civic Education Subcommittee.

Catherine Rios, Associate Professor of Humanities and Communications–Harrisburg. Past Chair, General Education Faculty Scholar, Civic Education Subcommittee; Member, Penn State Civic Engagement Collective, a Schreyer Teaching Community