Register to Vote

Registering to Vote at the Elections Office

You may register to vote at the Berks County Elections Office, Services Center, 633 Court Street, located at the corner of Court and Reed Streets, downtown Reading, Pa., 19601. Regular business hours are 8:00 a.m.to 5:00 p.m. The telephone number is (610) 478-6490.

Registering to Vote at PennDot Drivers License Centers

You may register to vote when applying for or renewing your Pennsylvania Drivers License. Your application for a drivers license or renewal may also serve as an application for voter registration or an update to your voter registration status.

Registering to Vote by Mail

You may register to vote by mail. Registration-by-mail forms, which may also be used to change your name, address or political party affiliation are available at many Municipal Buildings, State Liquor Stores and some branches of the United States Postal Service. In addition, forms may be obtained at many Federal, State Senate and State House Representative District Offices as well as from your local political party committee members. Forms may also be obtained by our office at (610) 478-6490.

You may also use the Pennsylvania state registration form by linking to the Pennsylvania Department of State's Web site. There you may download, print, complete, sign and send the form to:

Attn: Election Services

Berks County Services Center

633 Court Street, 1st Floor

Reading, PA 19601

Register to Vote at Government Agencies

In addition to PennDOT, you can register to vote at many other state government offices, including:

• State offices that provide public assistance and services to persons with disabilities
• Armed Forces Recruitment Centers
• County Clerk of Orphans' Court offices, including each Marriage License Bureau
• Area Agencies on Aging
• Centers for Independent Living
• County Mental Health and Mental Retardation offices
• Student disability services offices of the State System of Higher Education
• Offices of Special Education
• DA Complementary Paratransit offices

Pennsylvania law provides for permanent voter registration, unless the voter's registration should be cancelled 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

Deadline for Registering to Vote

The deadline for in-person voter registration is 15 days prior to each primary or election. Registration-by-mail forms must be received by the Election Services office no later than 5:00 p.m. on the voter registration deadline in order to be processed for the upcoming primary or election.

The deadline to register to vote for the 2023 Municipal Primary Election is Monday, May 1, 2023. 

WARNING: As of Jan. 1, 2003, under the Federal Help America Vote Act of 2002, all new registrations must include your PA driver's license number. If you do not have a valid PA driver's license, then you may use the last four digits of your Social Security Number. Please include them under your signature on the form below.

Form to Cancel Voter Registration

Voter Registration Application Form

PLEASE NOTE: This is for printing and mailing only! In Pennsylvania, all election documents require actual signature.

Conducting a Voter Registration Drive

Guide From The Department Of State