Erie Voters Head to the Polls for Election Day in Erie County

Election Day in Pennsylvania is Tuesday, November 3, 2026, and polls in Erie and across Erie County will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Anyone in line by 8 p.m. may vote. Voters can confirm their registration status and find their polling place at vote.pa.gov, and unofficial results will be posted after polls close at electionreturns.pa.gov.

Identification is required only if it is your first time voting at that polling place. Acceptable photo ID includes a Pennsylvania driver's license or PennDOT ID card, a U.S. passport, and student, employee or military ID. Non-photo ID with your name and address also works, including a voter registration card, a utility bill, a bank statement or a paycheck. A first-time voter without ID may vote a provisional ballot.

Mail ballots face a hard deadline: the completed ballot must be received by the county board of elections by 8 p.m. on November 3, and a postmark does not count. Erie County voters can hand-deliver a completed ballot to voter services at the Erie County Courthouse. A completed mail ballot cannot be dropped off at a polling place; to vote in person instead, bring the entire packet to surrender it, or vote provisionally.

At the top of the ballot, Pennsylvania voters choose a Governor and Lieutenant Governor — Democrats Josh Shapiro and Austin Davis against Republicans Stacy Garrity and Jason Richey — along with races for the U.S. House, the Pennsylvania House, some Pennsylvania Senate seats, and ballot questions. Voting questions can go to the Pennsylvania election hotline at 1-877-868-3772.

The Erie Police Department and poll workers help keep Election Day orderly, but preparation does the heavy lifting: check your polling place before you leave, expect lines at the before-work and after-dinner peaks from Millcreek to Harborcreek, and if you still hold a mail ballot, hand-deliver it to the courthouse rather than trusting a mailbox on Election Day.