2024 Petition Signing Period is January 23 — February 13
▶ List of Petition Signing Events in Lehigh County
In order for a candidate to appear on the primary ballot in Pennsylvania, the candidate must secure a specified number of valid signatures on nomination petition forms, from voters who are registered in the same party as the candidate.
PA requires a specific number of nomination petition signatures for candidates for elected office.
∎ US President ∎ US Senator
∎ 2,000 signatures are required from all over the state
∎ US Representative (7th District)
∎ 1,000 signatures are required from within the Congressional District
∎ State Attorney General ∎ State Auditor General ∎ State Treasurer
∎ 1,000 signatures are required from all over the state
∎ PA Representative (Districts in Lehigh County — 22, 131, 132, 133, 134, 183, 187)
∎ 300 signatures from within the PA House District
∎ National Convention Delegate* from within the 7th Congressional District
∎ 250 signatures
*PA Dems Information — National Convention, Including information sessions
*PA Dems Delegate Selection Information (This document should be updated to correct the dates for the petition filing period)
Circulators of petitions should be aware that
you must be present when voters are signing the petition.
(You may not leave the petitions unattended for collecting signatures!)
ask about their party registration.
Sign only petitions for Registered Democrats.
Printable PDF of this graphic. (Make sure QR codes are readable after printing.)
Non-compliance with any of the below instructions could cause rejection of your signature and /or the petition.
1. USE INK.
2. DO NOT USE DITTO MARKS anywhere on the petition.
3. Make sure that all blank spaces which appear at the top of the front page of the nomination petition are completed BEFORE you sign the petition.
4. TO SIGN A PETITION YOU MUST:
- Be a registered Democrat
Find your voter registration information, including Precinct, County, Municipality HERE
- Reside in the electoral district referred to in the petition
Find your US Congressional and PA House District HERE
5. On the petition, you must provide:
- Your street address, not a post office box.
- The municipality where you pay taxes. This may be different than your mailing address.
Ex. Your mailing address is Coplay, but your municipality is North Whitehall Township.
Find your municipality HERE.
- The date of signing may be listed in numbers or words; e.g. 2-23-2-23, or 2/23/2023, or as January 23, 2023
- Your name should match your voter registration information. You must use your first and last name, not a nick name, or a spouse’s first name, (Mrs. John Jones is invalid, Mary Jones is valid)
Find your voter registration information HERE
- Signers at the same residence CANNOT USE DITTO MARKS for last name, address, or any other information that already appears on the petition.
6. The number of candidate petitions you can sign for a specific position are dependent on the number of openings in that position. See 2024 Election Page
If there is an error made, strike out the entire line and the voter must rewrite information on the next line.