Lower Merion Area Getting 2 Ballot Drop Boxes For General Election

LOWER MERION TOWNSHIP, PA — The 2024 general election is growing ever closer. With many voters planning to cast their ballots by mail, Montgomery County officials have increased the number of ballot drop boxes, and added one in the Lower Merion area.

Secure drop-off boxes will be available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, starting Oct. 4 and will have video monitoring.

In the Lower Merion area, boxes will be located at Ludington Library, 5 S. Bryn Mawr Ave. in Bryn Mawr and the Lower Merion Magisterial District Courts, 925 Montgomery Ave. in Narberth.

In Pennsylvania, any voter can vote by mail. Montgomery County encourages voters who would like to vote by mail to apply online. The PA Election Code permits voters to return their own ballot by mail, via drop box, or in-person at a satellite office.

According to the Pennsylvania Department of State, as of this week, there are 617,003 registered voters in Montgomery County. With the additional drop boxes, now 50 percent of Montgomery County’s voting-age population will be within a five-minute drive of a secure drop box, up from 34 percent.

Voters who have an illness or disability that will prevent them from picking up or dropping off their mail-in ballot must complete the Designated Agent form should they need to designate another person (agent) to pick up or drop off their ballot. There is also a section on the form for the agent to complete. Both the Voter section and the Designated Agent section must be completed. Completed mail-in or absentee ballots can be dropped off by the agent at an office location or secure ballot drop box and must be accompanied by the completed Designated Agent form. The form should be kept separately and not enclosed in the ballot return envelope.

The county is also opening a 2024 General Election Voter Service Satellite Office in Narberth.

This office, located at Lower Merion Magisterial District Courts in Narberth, will be open Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays from Friday, Oct. 4 through Monday, Oct 28.

Hours for the office are:

• Friday: 4:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
• Saturday: 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
• Sunday: 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
• Monday: 4:30 p.m.- 8:30 p.m.

Full information on voting in Montgomery County — including a full list of ballot drop boxes and satellite offices, how to check your registration status, sample ballots, and more — is available online here.