Pennsylvania absentee voting underway in some counties

Pennsylvania's 19 Electoral College votes are up for grabs successful the 2024 statesmanlike predetermination with absentee voting successful the Keystone State underway for immoderate voters there.

Pennsylvania is 1 of the astir competitory states this cycle

Pennsylvania was 1 of 3 Rust Belt states that flipped from the Democrats to erstwhile President Trump and Republicans successful 2016, past backmost to President Biden 4 years later. In each case, the borderline was bladed with little than 100,000 votes separating the main candidates.

The authorities has besides been captious to each president’s pathway to victory. It has the largest population and the astir Electoral College votes of the 7 astir competitory states successful the Fox News Power Rankings.

A recent Fox News survey has the contention tied, with Democrat nominee Vice President Harris and Trump each receiving enactment from 49% of apt voters.

The bulk of the Democrat ballot comes from the "bookends" of the state, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, wherever Harris volition apt execute good among Black and suburban voters.

Trump makes up for that with White agrarian and non-college-educated voters who unrecorded successful the mediate of the state. The erstwhile president has brought these voters retired to the ballot container twice, and a Pennsylvania-heavy rally docket shows helium is looking to bash that again.

Pennsylvania is ranked "Toss-Up" successful the Fox News Power Rankings.

The Keystone State besides has a U.S. Senate contention connected the ballot. Democrat Sen. Bob Casey has won 3 elections before, but securing a 4th volition beryllium much hard with White working-class voters drifting distant from his party. Republicans are hoping businessman Dave McCormick volition link with them. That contention is ranked "Leans Dem."

Key House races successful Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania is besides location to a fistful of competitory U.S. House races led by:

• 7th District: Democrat Rep. Susan Wild has represented this eastbound Pennsylvania territory since the 2018 midterms, a question twelvemonth for House Democrats. It’s been a precise adjacent contention since then, with Wild winning by 3.8 points successful 2020 and 2 points successful the astir caller midterms. This time, she faces Republican authorities Rep. Ryan Mackenzie. This contention is simply a "Toss-Up" successful the Fox News Power Rankings.
• 8th District: In the northeast, longtime Democrat Rep. Matt Cartwright has served this territory for much than a decade. His margins person besides shrunk implicit a decennary of elections and done redistricting, down to 2.4 points successful the past cycle. Cartwright’s hostile is section businessman and Republican Rob Bresnahan. The territory includes Scranton and Wilkes-Barre. This contention is besides a Power Rankings "Toss Up."
• 10th District: Moving southbound to the 10th district, agrarian voters successful Cumberland and York counties springiness Republican Rep. Scott Perry the edge. He has represented the portion since 2013. Perry won by 7.6 points successful the midterms, but Democrats anticipation that Perry’s heavy ties to the MAGA question volition marque their candidate, erstwhile section quality anchor Janelle Stelson, competitive. This contention is ranked "Leans GOP."
• 17th District: Freshman Rep. Chris Deluzio kept this occidental Pennsylvania spot successful Democrat hands by 6.8 points successful 2023, but the operation of red-leaning Beaver County and parts of Allegheny County, location to Pittsburgh, marque this different hard-fought battleground district. Deluzio faces Republican State Rep. Rob Mercuri successful November; the territory is ranked "Leans Dem."

How to ballot successful Pennsylvania

This is simply a usher to registration and aboriginal voting. For broad and up-to-date accusation connected elector eligibility, processes and deadlines, delight spell to Vote.gov and the predetermination website for Pennsylvania.

A elector fills retired a mail-in ballot astatine the Board of Elections bureau successful the Allegheny County Office Building connected Nov. 3, 2022, successful Pittsburgh. (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)

Voting by mail/early in-person voting

Pennsylvania has what it describes arsenic "On-Demand Mail Ballot Voting," which allows registered voters to use for message ballots portion astatine their region predetermination bureau oregon different designated locations and past implicit and taxable the ballots portion there.

A motion highlights efforts to motion up voters astatine the Bayfront Convention Center connected Sept. 29 successful Erie, Pa. (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)

Mail ballots tin beryllium submitted in-person until 8 p.m. connected Election Day, portion the deadline to use for 1 is 5 p.m. ET connected Oct. 29.

Pennsylvania certified its authoritative campaigner database connected Sept. 16, and counties are inactive "finalizing their ballots, proofreading them, and ordering printed ballots," the authorities said. Mail ballots are currently available successful 15 of the state's 67 counties.

Counties were required to statesman sending absentee ballots to subject and overseas voters by Sept. 21.

Vice President Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, telephone prospective voters from a run tract bureau successful Rochester, Pa., connected Aug. 18, 2024. (Kevin Lamarque/AFP via Getty Images)

Voter registration

Pennsylvania residents tin registry to ballot online oregon by message done Oct. 21.