Register to Vote NOW!!!

• Monday, October 19th is the last day to register to vote, or update/check your registration. Do that NOW at a county election office or online here.
  

• Time is running out: Visit One-Stop (Satellite Offices) locations that are available where you can register, request mail ballot and drop it off all at once. See article below for more details.
  

• Already mailed your ballot, track it here. If you have not mailed your ballot yet, then visit a drop off box or satellite office.
  Call this number: 215-686-3940, if the website to track you ballot is down.
  

• If you plan to vote in person on November 3rd: use your address to find your polling place. There are fewer polling places in the neighborhood than in past elections.

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Want to be a poll worker? Philly says it’s responding to ‘unprecedented’ number of applicants
Ximena Conde, WHYY When the Philadelphia City Commissioners put out the call in August asking young people to work the polls for the Nov. 3 election, 18-year-old Abigail Thomas didn’t think twice. According to Kevin Feeley, a spokesman for the city, neither did 20,000 other people and it’s taking some time to sort through all of those applications. But even when all 8,500 workers are assigned to polling locations, the thousands of applicants who don’t make the cut shouldn’t expect an email saying their services won’t be required, according to City Commissioner Omar Sabir. He said that’s because he wants to retain some flexibility should a large group of people call out. “[Applicants] could get an email on Election Day,” said Sabir, adding poll workers are not being picked on a first-come, first-served basis.
The city chooses poll workers based on language skills they can use to help voters whose first language isn’t English, as well as their proximity to the polling location. Sabir said poll workers who live near the polling location are more likely to show up on Election Day.

Read here.

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Everything Pa. poll watchers can — and can’t — do on Election Day, explained
Joseph Darius Jaafari and Emily Previti, WITF

State Democrats and Republicans are training a small army of partisan poll watchers to be their eyes and ears at voting sites across the state, a typical and legal process that allows both parties to monitor activities on Election Day and flag potential problems. Polling places are generally intended to be safe spaces devoid of political influence, allowing people to cast their ballot freely and without fear. So what exactly is a poll watcher? What are they allowed to do? And what actions could get someone in trouble?
Here’s everything you need to know about poll watchers before you vote.