Emergency status is determined for voters who must vote by absentee ballot because of a disability or absence from their municipality that was not and could not have been known prior to the Tuesday before the election (which is the deadline to apply for a regular absentee or mail-in ballot).
Emergency Absentee Ballot Applications are available at all Delaware County Voter Service Centers and online.
A link to the emergency absentee ballot application form can be found on the DOS website here: https://www.votespa.com/Resources/Documents/
PADOS_EmergencyAbsenteeBallotApplication_English.pdf
Emergency Absentee Ballot Applications should be submitted to the County Board of Elections at the Voter Service Center in the Government Center Annex of the Delaware County Courthouse, 201 W. Front Street, Media.
The deadline to submit an Emergency Absentee Ballot Application is 8:00 pm on Election Day.
To designate an authorized representative to deliver your Emergency Absentee Ballot, you should complete and sign the Authorization for a Representative to Pick Up or Return Absentee Ballot form, available at all Delaware County Voter Service Centers and online.
A link to the disabled voter authorization form for an emergency absentee ballot can be found on the DOS website here: https://www.votespa.com/Resources/Documents/
PADOS_AuthorizeRepresentativeforEmergencyAbsenteeBallot.pdf