Election/Voting

Candidate Resources


Poll Watchers

​Requests for Watcher Certificates are due to the County of Northampton Board of Elections

NO LATER THAN, MAY 15, 2026

  Poll Watcher/Authorized Representative Guidance - DOS

2026 Important dates

For 2026, the Northampton County Elections Office will be accepting nomination petitions for Democratic and Republican Committee Members.

The FIRST DAY for candidates to circulate and file petitions is: February 17, 2026

The LAST DAY for candidates to circulate and file petitions is: March 10 2026






BEFORE COPYING THE NOMINATION PETITIONS, PLEASE NOTE: NOMINATION PETITIONS MUST BE COPIES AS DUPLEX (TWO-SIDED, FRONT AND BACK, HEAD-TO-HEAD) ON PLAIN WHITE 8 1/2" X 11" (LETTER SIZED) PAPER. THIS REQUIREMENT CANNOT BE SATISFIED BY PRINTING EACH SIDE OF THE DUPLEX NOMINATION PETITION ON A SEPARATE SHEET OF 8 1/2" X 11" PAPER AND AFFIXING THE TWO SHEETS TOGETHER WITH A STAPLE OR PAPER CLIP


FAILURE TO REPRODUCE THE NOMINATION PETITION FORMS CORRECTLY WILL RESULT IN REJECTION OF THOSE FORMS!


PLEASE READL ALL INSTRUCTIONS PROVIDED FOR THE NOMINATION PETITIONS PRIOR TO CIRCULATION, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ARE UNSURE WHETHER YOU HAVE CORRECTLY REPRODUCED ANY OF THE FORMS, PLEASE CONTACT THE NORTHAMPTON COUNTY ELECTION DIVISION AT 610-829-6260.


· For Democratic Committee Member Nomination Petition Instructions: click HERE

· For 2026 Democratic Committee Member Fillable Nomination Petition: click HERE


· For Republican Committee Member Nomination Petition Instructions: click HERE

· For 2026 Republican Committee Member Fillable Nomination Petition: click HERE


· To print out a copy of the Statement of Financial Interest (filed with nomination petition and with governing body), click here for a link to the PENNSYLVANIA STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL INTERESTS

· Waiver of Expense Affidavit (MUST BE NOTARIZED): click HERE

· For a name change affidavit (MUST BE NOTARIZED), click HERE


NOTE: You may also come to the Northampton County Election Division office at 669 Washington St., Easton, PA during normal business hours (8:30 am - 4:30 pm, Monday-Friday) and pick-up copies of the Nomination Petition documents.


CANDIDATE affidavit (must be notarized)

  • Candidate Affidavit Form, click HERE


CANDIDATE WITHDRAWAL (must be notarized)

  • Candidate Withdrawal Form, click HERE

WRITE-IN CANDIDATE DECLARATIOn

  • Fill-out this Write in Form to indicate how you (as a candidate) would like to accumulate votes under different variations of your name. (We WILL NOT accumulate just a first or last name, first initial and last name, or anything that does not CLEARLY indicate who the vote should be for).
  • EXAMPLE OF ACCEPTABLE VARIATIONS ON A NAME : Jonathan Doe, John Doe, Jon Doe, Jon A Doe, etc.