{"id":141956,"date":"2025-04-24T22:17:40","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T02:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=141956"},"modified":"2025-04-24T22:18:41","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T02:18:41","slug":"northampton-county-sends-out-over-22000-mail-in-ballots-ahead-of-may-primary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=141956","title":{"rendered":"Northampton County Sends Out Over 22,000 Mail-In Ballots Ahead of May Primary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>[Northampton County, PA]<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The Northampton County Elections Office has officially mailed out 22,803 mail-in ballots to voters across the county as of today. With the May 2025 Primary Election quickly approaching, voters are encouraged to act promptly to ensure their ballots are received and counted.<\/p>\n<p>Voters who wish to vote by mail must apply for a mail-in or absentee ballot\u00a0<strong>no later than 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 13.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Eligible voters can apply online through the Pennsylvania Department of State&#8217;s website:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wo6djquab.cc.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001fotkud9Bdh_q14uEIbfzijfyzvJLtEvZ08Wd_Exi5UJLUM3GFs0_FwR7EymLG9n6aMFitT9r1YwHQZsDoxib8gvjAZvvbcv-oPLopg6UosBImTdlSJvPoTbd5NwOQdm2zwxbbzaMRhg4cRhgz0n3Q5QIuTWuualfWwJ627FpXPGMexadWek02PNNxe2q6nQovZbTG1Cfdw1ntF0CJT8KEfIXsB_CZTKPLlr5oAia0K4=&amp;c=0ekm8yzrK2pj14dV7ngqMvms1FplqCZt_15VdK9XPJLeDg8CQgJxxw==&amp;ch=-XpzUMFLmg6wJoFkrmEhd9zDw-ONmV2uvzdbKdRQe-liE5jWWGeCJA==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mail-in and Absentee Ballot | Voting &amp; Election Information | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Applications received by the Northampton County Elections Office are typically processed within 24 to 48 hours.<\/p>\n<p>Once completed, ballots can be returned in any of the following ways:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>By\u00a0<strong>USPS mail<\/strong>\u00a0(postage is prepaid)<\/li>\n<li>At an\u00a0<strong>official Ballot Drop Box<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>In person<\/strong>\u00a0at the Northampton County Elections Office<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Voters are reminded to\u00a0<strong>enclose their ballot in the yellow security envelope and sign and date the outer return envelope<\/strong>\u00a0before submitting their ballots. Failure to do so may result in the ballot being rejected.<\/p>\n<p>To be counted, ballots must be\u00a0<strong>received by the Elections Office no later than 8:00 p.m. on Election Day<\/strong>. Postmarks do\u00a0<strong>not<\/strong>\u00a0count. As Election Day nears, voters are strongly encouraged to use a Ballot Drop Box or deliver their ballot in person to ensure timely delivery.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about mail-in voting, ballot drop box locations, or election deadlines, please visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wo6djquab.cc.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001fotkud9Bdh_q14uEIbfzijfyzvJLtEvZ08Wd_Exi5UJLUM3GFs0_FznhmxmexNIhrqECtyN-w4r8JAHX4c7GY2oxNrRfgDNnXKSmeMRh9U2FNUgkH8kbdvD5RlL2eMAAv8Uqwmel2w2PxMJX6BLxig==&amp;c=0ekm8yzrK2pj14dV7ngqMvms1FplqCZt_15VdK9XPJLeDg8CQgJxxw==&amp;ch=-XpzUMFLmg6wJoFkrmEhd9zDw-ONmV2uvzdbKdRQe-liE5jWWGeCJA==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">vote.pa.gov<\/a>\u00a0or contact the Northampton County Elections Office directly at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:election@norcopa.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">election@norcopa.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nCounty of Northampton<br \/>\n669 Washington Street<br \/>\nEaston, PA 18042<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.northamptoncounty.org\/\">https:\/\/www.northamptoncounty.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Northampton County, PA]\u00a0\u2013 The Northampton County Elections Office has officially mailed out 22,803 mail-in ballots to voters across the county as of today. With the May 2025 Primary Election quickly &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=141956\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Northampton County Sends Out Over 22,000 Mail-In Ballots Ahead of May Primary<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":122147,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,5738,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-141956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-northampton-county","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/NC-Northampton.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141956"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=141956"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141956\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/122147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=141956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=141956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=141956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}