Voter Information — Vote: It makes a difference!
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The Government Directory contains contact information for federal, state, county, and local elected and appointed government officials, local judges, and local school boards.
Vote.PA.gov is an official, trustworthy, non-partisan source of election information. It has answers to questions about registering, mail-in ballots, dates and deadlines, polling locations, the election process, and more.
2025 Election Dates
| Primary: | May 20, 2025 | Last day to register: May 5, 2025 Last day to request a Mail-In Ballot: May 13, 2025 |
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| General: | November 4, 2025 | Last day to register: October 20, 2025 Last day to request a Mail-In Ballot: Oct 28, 2025 |
Full
Calendar
of all 2025 election dates:
absentee ballots, registration deadlines, nomination
deadlines, etc.
General information for the Luzerne County elections.
Information regarding absentee and mail-in ballots is listed below.
Election Results
County Results
( Tentative until all provisional and mail-in ballots counted )
Statewide Results
Informed Voter Information
| LWV Voters’ Guide | candidate info and responses (pdf) | Sample Ballots | browse to find your municipality and ward |
| Vote411 | candidates and positions, polling places, drop box info |
| BallotReady | candidates and positions |
| VoteSmart | position surveys, voting records, endorsements |
| Guides .Vote | side-by-side comparisons on issues |
| Ballotpedia | ballots and background |
| OnTheIssues | position matcher |
| The Procrastinator’s Guide | articles and links for state and national races |
| Elections Bureau | candidate list, polling places, drop box info |
| PA Bar Judge Ratings | |
| Judicial Races: 2025 candidate info | |
| Judicial Races: things to consider | |
| Politi Fact | fact checking, rumor debunking |
| Pennsylvania LWV | |
| Campaign Finance Info | (Luzerne County) |
| Candidate list, Calendar | (PA Voter Services) |
| Times Leader | |
| The Citizens’ Voice | (Requires a CV subscription) |
Registration Information
Eligibility Requirements
To Register You Must:
- Be a citizen of the United States for at least one month before the next election
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Be at least 18 years of age on the day of the next election
- Have been a resident of Pennsylvania and your election district for at least 30 days before the next election
Registration Forms
Click Here for a voter registration application and more information.
Application Information
Pennsylvania Voter Registration Mail Application Forms must be completed and submitted to your county elections office.
Pennsylvania law provides for permanent voter registration, unless the voter’s registration should be canceled in accordance with law. All electors, except those in the military service of the United States and bedridden or hospitalized war veterans unavoidably absent from their county of residence, must be registered to be eligible to vote.
Once registered to vote, an individual is not required to register
again unless he or she changes residence, name, or
political party affiliation.
More information may be found on the Vote.PA Resource page.
County Elections Office
- Director of Elections
- 20 N. Pennsylvania Ave., Suite 207
- Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701-3505
- 570-825-1715
Polling Places and Districts
- Polling Place Lookup
- District Lookup
- District Maps: US House
- District Maps: State Senate
- District Maps: State House
- District Maps: State House
- District Maps and Information
- Magisterial Court Maps “Interactive Map” link; enter your zipcode on map page
- School District List
Mail-In and Absentee Ballots
- Application form for mail-in ballots (See “Election Dates” above for duedate.)
- Completed ballots must be received by the Board of Elections by 8 PM on election day. Drop Box Locations and Hours
- The status of a ballot application may be checked on the PA Voter -Services page.
To obtain a mail-in ballot or absentee ballot, you may apply online or through the county elections office shown above. The applications page lists the deadlines for applying for and returning the ballots.
More information is available on the
Luzerne County web page
and the
PA State page.
Voters’ Guide Archive
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| May 2020 | ||
| May 2021 | November 2021 | |
| May 2022 | November 2022 | |
| May 2023 | November 2023 | |
| April 2024 | November 2024 | |
| May 2025 |