COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF STATE BUREAU OF ELECTIONS AND NOTARIES 2021 PENNSYLVANIA ELECTIONS IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER First day to circulate and file nomination petitions ... ..............................................February 16 Last day to circulate and file nomination petitions ...................................................March 9 First day to circulate and file nomination papers.......................................................March 10 Last day to file objections to nomination petitions.......................................March 16 Last day for withdrawal by candidates who filed nomination petitions ....................March 24 Last day to REGISTER before the primary...............................................................May 3 Last day to apply for a mail-in or civilian absentee ballot.........................................May 11 Last day for County Board of Elections to receive voted mail-in and civilian absentee ballots (must be received by 8:00 P.M.) .....................................................May 18 MUNICIPAL PRIMARY .......................................................................................May 18 First day to REGISTER after primary .......................................................................May 19 Last day for County Board of Elections to receive voted military and overseas absentee ballots (submitted for delivery no later than 11:59 P.M. on May 17) .............................................................................................May 25 Last day to circulate and file nomination papers .......................................................August 2 Last day to file objections to nomination petitions.......................................August 9 Last day for withdrawal by candidates nominated by nomination papers.................August 9 Last day for withdrawal by candidates nominated at the primary .............................August 9 Last day to REGISTER before the November election .............................................October 18 Last day to apply for a mail-in or civilian absentee ballot.........................................October 26 Last day for County Boards of Elections to receive voted mail-in and civilian absentee ballots (must be received by 8:00 P.M.) .....................................................November 2 MUNICIPAL ELECTION......................................................................................November 2 First day to REGISTER after November election .....................................................November 3 Last day for County Board of Elections to receive voted military and overseas absentee ballots (submitted for delivery no later than 11:59 P.M. on November 1) ......................................................................................November 9 "Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see." — Mark Twain