Mail voting works, but what if you applied for a ballot and now want to vote in person?

Michaela Winberg. BillyPenn

If you ballot got lost, didn’t arrive, or you just prefer to head to the polls, here are your options.
If you applied for a mail ballot but decided you want to vote in person instead, you’re not alone.
To be very clear: the mail voting system is legit. This is the first general election with no-excuse mail ballots in Pennsylvania, but vote-by-mail has been around for years in many U.S. states, and went off without a hitch before the coronavirus was a twinkle in 2020’s eye. Nationwide, there is almost no evidence of mail voting fraud. In Pa., just gotta make sure your ballot isn’t naked — aka that it’s sealed in the secrecy envelope and the outer postal envelope — and then sign the back, and everything should work just fine. Even this late in the game, Pennsylvanians who were planning to cast ballots remotely can switch to doing it in person, if that makes you feel more comfortable.

Here’s what you need to know.