Allport, Pennsylvania Public Records

Pennsylvania offers online voter registration through the state Department of State at https://www.pavoterservices.pa.gov/pages/VoterRegistrationApplication.aspx. Anyone registering online needs a valid Pennsylvania driver's license or PennDOT identification card. The deadline is 15 days before any election. Residents can also register in person at the Clearfield County elections office or by mail using a paper form. First-time voters who register by mail must provide identification when voting. As an unincorporated community, Allport has no municipal elections for mayor or borough council. Residents vote in Decatur Township elections when township supervisor positions appear on the ballot, typically during municipal election years in odd-numbered years. More significantly, local voters participate in county, state, and federal elections. There is no U.S.Current federal, state, and local election schedules, ballot contests, candidate filings, and certified results for Allport voters are published by the Pennsylvania Department of State Bureau of Elections (https://www.vote.pa.gov/). Clearfield County voters will also decide county offices including County Commissioner seats, row offices such as Sheriff, Treasurer, and Controller, and potentially judicial positions. Residents can find their assigned polling place by using the Pennsylvania polling place locator at https://www.pavoterservices.pa.gov/pages/pollingplaceinfo.aspx and entering their address. Polling places are assigned by precinct based on residence address; voters in Decatur Township cast ballots at precincts designated by the Clearfield County elections office. Donald Trump won the county with approximately 73% of the vote, reflecting its strongly Republican electoral pattern. Pennsylvania's election records that are publicly accessible include voter registration lists (available for purchase for legitimate political purposes), campaign finance reports filed by candidates and political committees (searchable at https://www.campaignfinanceonline.pa.gov), candidate petition filings and statements of financial interest, and certified election results by precinct. Individual voter history showing which elections a person voted in, but not how they voted, as ballots are secret, is also public record available through county elections offices. Pennsylvania offers both absentee ballots for voters who will be absent from their municipality on election day, ill, or have a disability, and mail-in ballots available to any registered voter without providing a reason under Act 77 of 2019. Voters can request mail-in or absentee ballots online through https://www.pavoterservices.pa.gov/OnlineAbsenteeApplication or by submitting a paper application to the Clearfield County Elections Bureau. Applications must be received by 5:00 PM the Tuesday before election day. Completed ballots must be received by the county by 8:00 PM on election day to be counted. Voters can track their mail ballot status online through the state portal.