Voting and Election Information
2025 General Elections
October 20, 2025 - Deadline to Register to Vote in the General Election.
October 28, 2025 - Last day to apply for a mail-in or civilian absentee ballot for the General Election. Your application must be received in the county office by 5:00 PM. Your voted ballot must be returned by 8:00 PM on 11/04/2025.
November 4, 2025 - GENERAL ELECTION
November 12, 2025 - Last day for County Boards of Elections to receive voted military and overseas absentee ballots (submitted for delivery no later than 11:59 P.M. on November 3).
Missed the deadline? If you have an emergency (such as an unexpected illness or disability or last-minute absence from your municipality) you may still be able to get a ballot after the deadline. Find information about how to get an emergency absentee ballot.
The county elections office is
open weekdays 8:30am – 4:30pm:
Monroe County Office of
Elections and Voter Registration
Monroe County Administrative Building
One Quaker Plaza, First Floor, Room 105
Stroudsburg, PA 18360
Phone: (570) 517-3165
Vote by Mail
Step 1: Read the instructions carefully and mark your ballot. Be sure to complete the front and back of each page.
Step 2: Seal your ballot in the inner secrecy envelope that indicates "official election ballot." Do not make any marks on the inner secrecy envelope.
Your ballot must be enclosed and sealed in the inner secrecy envelope that indicates "official election ballot" or it will not be counted.
Step 3: Seal the inner secrecy envelope in the pre-addressed outer return envelope. Sign and date the voter’s declaration on the outside of the outer return envelope.
If you do not complete the declaration on the return envelope your ballot will not be counted.
Step 4: Return your completed ballot to the county election board. Absentee and Mail-in Ballots must be received by 8 p.m. on election day at your county election board. To ensure your ballot is received by the deadline, return the ballot as soon as possible.
You can mail your ballot.
Using the return envelope supplied with your ballot, make sure you use the proper postage (if needed) and that it arrives to your county election board by 8 p.m. on election day. Postmarks do not count. If your ballot is not received by the county election board by 8 pm on election day, it will not be counted.
You can hand-deliver your ballot before 8 pm on election day to the county election office or drop-boxes for mail ballots.