Primary election a month away

LOCK HAVEN, PA – Clinton County director of voting Maria Boileau says her office has processed 1,139 mail-in/absentee ballot requests for the May primary and for those who requested them, ballots are being mailed out this week and applicants should receive their ballot within the week.

The county voter registrar provided the update at the county commissioners’ work session on Monday.

Of the mail-in requests, 788 came from Democrats and 346 from Republicans. Boileau said the county mail-in drop box was to be placed in front of the county Piper Building Monday afternoon. County board chairman Miles Kessinger urged mail-in voters to return their ballots in a timely manner; they must be received by the county by 8 p.m. election day, May 16. Otherwise, Kessinger said, they can’t be counted, “unless the courts change their minds again, which they have done in the past.”

Other information provided by voting registrar Boileau:

Voter Registration Numbers
Democratic – 6,656
Republican – 12,131
Green – 23
Libertarian – 113
Other – 2,638
Total – 21,564

Some Important Dates:
May 1, 2023 – Last Day to Register, change address or change party affiliation before the Primary Election.
May 9, 2023 – Last Day before the election on which official applications for mail-in or absentee ballots may be received by county boards of election due at 5 PM.

May 16, 2023 – Election Day. Polls are open 7 am to 8 pm. All mail-in and absentee ballots must be received by the county board of elections not later than 8 PM on this day to be counted.

Pennsylvania voters have options on how to return their mail ballot:
By mail, at our drop box, or at the county election board office.

The Voter Registration and Elections Office is located at 2 Piper Way, Suite 122, Lock Haven, PA.
Under Pennsylvania law, voters must return their own ballots.

The only exception to this is voters with a disability who have designated someone in writing to deliver the ballot. Forms for this process can be found on the County’s website or by calling 570-893-4019.

The Ballot Drop Box for Clinton County, Pennsylvania is located at the Piper Building, 2 Piper Way, Lock Haven, PA.

The Ballot Drop Box is monitored by a camera 24/7 and it is open until 8 pm on Election Day.