At the satellite offices, you’ll be able to register, request a ballot, fill it out and securely return it all in one visit.
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Philadelphia’s election board is using a $10 million cash infusion to help make it easier and safer to cast a ballot in the 2020 general election, including setting up one-stop shops for secure early voting.
The $10M grant, awarded to the Office of the City Commissioners by the nonpartisan Center for Tech and Civic Life, is expected fund satellite offices for early voting, drop boxes for mail ballots, new sorting equipment to process votes more efficiently, a hazard pay bump for poll workers, and extra COVID-protocol cleaning for polling places on Nov. 3.
Drop boxes were used during the June 2020 Pa. primary, but satellite offices are new.
Expected to open at 15 locations across Philadelphia, the satellites will essentially be all-in-one voting centers, according to City Commissioner Chair Lisa Deeley. They’ll add to the two existing County Board of Election offices at City Hall and on Spring Garden Street, which will offer the same services.
When you visit, you’ll be able to register, request a mail ballot, fill it out, seal it in the secrecy envelope, place that in the outer envelope and sign your name, and then return it — all in one trip. Voters who already requested mail ballots can also use these satellite offices to drop off sealed ballots. (Find more about Philly mail-in voting here.)
Note: Voters can visit any of the locations; you don’t need to find the one nearest your home address.
Six satellites plus the City Hall office will open Tuesday, Sept. 29, the City Commissioners announced. The others will open in stages, as officials work out staffing.
They’re mostly located inside public schools, and will be open seven days a week, with hours of 11:30 a.m. Monday to Thursday, and 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Check the map and table below for address details. The larger green checkmarks represent the seven locations that will open first.
| Location | Address | Open date (if known) |
|---|---|---|
| City Hall Room 140 | 1400 John F Kennedy Blvd, 19107 | Sept. 29 |
| Riverview Place, 1st Floor | 520 N Columbus Blvd, 19123 | |
| George Washington High School | 10175 Bustleton Ave, 19116 | Sept. 29 |
| Joseph H. Brown School | 3600 Stanwood St, 19136 | |
| Harding Middle School | 2000 Wakeling Street, 19124 | |
| J Hampton Moore School | 6900 Summerdale Ave, 19111 | |
| The Liacouras Center | 1776 N Broad St, 19121 | Sept. 29 |
| A. B. Day School | 6324 Crittenden St, 19138 | |
| Roxborough High School | 6498 Ridge Ave, 19128 | Sept. 29 |
| Mastbaum High School | 3116 Frankford Ave, 19134 | |
| Creative And Performing Arts | 901 S Broad St, 19147 | |
| Tilden Middle School | 6601 Elmwood Ave, 19142 | Sept. 29 |
| Feltonville Intermediate School | 238 E Wyoming Ave, 19120 | |
| Julia De Burgos Elementary | 401 W Lehigh Ave, 19133 | Sept. 29 |
| Julia Ward Howe School | 5800 N 13Th St, 19141 | |
| Alain Locke School | 4550 Haverford Ave, 19139 | |
| Overbrook Elementary School | 2032 N 62Nd St, 19151 | Sept. 29 |
About 270,000 Philadelphia voters have applied for mail-in ballots to date. The deadline for the city to them has been extended to 5 p.m. on Nov. 6, the Friday following Election Day, for any ballots sent through the mail on or before Nov. 3.
Important: In order for mail ballots to count, they must be enclosed in a the special secrecy envelope that fits within the regular envelope.
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