If you will be voting in person, then you need to know a few ways to make the best use of your time:

• Plan to vote today. Avoid the lines on Election Day!
• Find a convenient Vote Center at https://locator.lavote.net/locations/vc.
• Review your sample ballot (hardcopy or email version) and decide how you are going to vote on specific ballot measures and candidates for office. Visit www.lwv-pa.org and on the homepage scroll down to “Voter Information & Election News” to find resources that will help you decide.
• Access the Registrar’s Interactive Sample Ballot (ISB) at https://lavote.net/isb. The ISB is a tool that allows you to access, review, and mark your selections on a smart device (at home or anywhere) prior to going to a Vote Center. You are not voting online. You are saving your choices so you can be ready to vote at the Vote Center. You will receive a Poll Pass with a machine-readable QR code that you take with you to the Vote Center. This is more accurate than transferring your choices from a paper sample ballot to the ballot-marking device (BMD).
• Watch the YouTube video How to Vote on the NEW Ballot Marking Device at https://youtu.be/CGLE0fkBc4c. Watch someone vote with it! This video will give you an idea of what to expect. Remember that the BMD neither records nor counts votes. And it is NOT connected to any other computer or the internet! Instead, it helps fill out your paper ballot so it can be counted easily at the Registrar’s headquarters.
• Before you leave home get your mask and other personal protection equipment. If you don't have a mask, you can ask for one at the Vote Center.
• To expedite your check-in at the Vote Center, take your paper sample ballot with you (if you have one) or visit https://lavote.net/vrstatus to obtain your Quick Check-in Code. Instead of giving your information to the check-in clerk, you can scan your personal barcode to start the process!
• You are now ready to go to the Vote Center. Make sure you have your Poll Pass (paper or cell phone), Sample Ballot or Quick Check-in Code, and your identification, if you are a first-time voter. Make sure you wear a mask and take any other protective gear (such as gloves or hand sanitizer) that you feel you need.
• At the Vote Center you will be checked in, given a paper ballot, and directed to an available BMD. Then you will cast your ballot and collect your “I Voted!” sticker.

Thank you for voting!

—Martha Y. Zavala