Allegheny County To Open Satellite Elections & Ballot Return Sites

PITTSBURGH, PA — Allegheny County has announced the locations for ballot return sites and satellite offices for the Nov. 5 general election.

Similar to April's primary, the county will again host ballot return sites, which are staffed locations where voters who received a ballot in the mail can return ballots in-person to a county employee. Ballot return sites will be open the seven days before Election Day, including the weekend of Nov. 2 and 3 and Monday, Nov. 4.

New for November, the county will also host satellite offices which offer a fuller range of services for voters. At satellite offices, residents can register to vote, request a mail in ballot, complete, and return it all on the spot - a process commonly referred to “over the counter” voting.

Over the counter voting has been available the last several elections at the County Office Building in the weeks before Election Day. Now this service will be expanded to four additional locations.

The deadline to register to vote is Oct. 21 and the deadline to request a mail in ballot is 5:00 PM, October 29.

Dates and times for ballot returns sites and satellite offices as follows:

Satellite Offices

Oct 15-17, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Oct. Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall, Oakland.

Oct. 19-20, Oct. 26-27, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.: Community College of Allegheny County, Homewood; North Park Ice Rink; South Park Ice Rink; County Office Building.

Ballot Return Sites

Oct. 29-Nov. 1 and Nov. 4: Allegheny County Emergency Services Building, Coraopolis; Boyce Park Four Seasons Lodge; Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Squirrel Hill branch; North Park Ice Rink; South Park Ice Rink; Dormont Pool; Community College of Allegheny County - Homewood; Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank, Duquesne; Avalon Public Library.

The County Office Building lobby will be during regular business hours, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday as soon as ballots are available for voters to vote “over the counter” and return mail in ballots, in addition to the weekend satellite office hours listed above.

Voters will also be able to return mail-in ballots in person at the County Office building at the Ross Street entrance to the on weekdays from Oct. 29-Nov. 4 from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. and on Election Day from 7 a.m.-8 p.m. Voters using the Ross Street ballot return site may park briefly in the curb lane on Ross Street while returning their ballot.