PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 610 PRINTER'S NO. 2961
No. 584 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY VAN HORNE, DEMPSEY, PRESTON, BATTISTO, TIGUE,
SHANER, MAHER, STEELMAN, HARHAI, PLATTS, ROEBUCK, RAMOS,
McCALL, READSHAW, PESCI, WOJNAROSKI, SEYFERT, ARGALL,
STABACK, E. Z. TAYLOR, MAYERNIK, SAYLOR, CAWLEY, MELIO,
FREEMAN, TRELLO, DALEY AND COSTA, FEBRUARY 16, 1999
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, FEBRUARY 9, 2000
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), entitled
2 "An act concerning elections, including general, municipal,
3 special and primary elections, the nomination of candidates,
4 primary and election expenses and election contests; creating
5 and defining membership of county boards of elections;
6 imposing duties upon the Secretary of the Commonwealth,
7 courts, county boards of elections, county commissioners;
8 imposing penalties for violation of the act, and codifying,
9 revising and consolidating the laws relating thereto; and
10 repealing certain acts and parts of acts relating to
11 elections," further providing for manner of signing
12 nominating petitions AND FOR NOMINATIONS BY POLITICAL BODIES. <--
13 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
14 hereby enacts as follows:
15 Section 1. Section 908 of the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333,
16 No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code, amended August
17 13, 1963 (P.L.707, No.379), is amended to read:
18 Section 908. Manner of Signing Nomination Petitions; Time of
19 Circulating.--Each signer of a nomination petition shall sign
20 but one such petition for each office to be filled, and shall
21 declare therein that he is a registered and enrolled member of
1 the party designated in such petition: Provided, however, That
2 where there are to be elected two or more persons to the same
3 office, each signer may sign petitions for as many candidates
4 for such office as, and no more than, he could vote for at the
5 succeeding election. He shall also declare therein that he is a
6 qualified elector of the county therein named, and in case the
7 nomination is not to be made or candidates are not to be elected
8 by the electors of the State at large, of the political district
9 therein named, in which the nomination is to be made or the
10 election is to be held. He shall add his [occupation and]
11 residence, giving city, borough or township, with street and
12 number, if any, and shall print and sign his name and add the
13 date of signing, expressed in words or numbers: Provided,
14 however, That if the said political district named in the
15 petition lies wholly within any city, borough or township, or is
16 coextensive with same, it shall not be necessary for any signer
17 of a nomination petition to state therein the city, borough or
18 township of his residence. No nomination petition shall be
19 circulated prior to the thirteenth Tuesday before the primary,
20 and no signature shall be counted unless it bears a date affixed
21 not earlier than the thirteenth Tuesday nor later than the tenth
22 Tuesday prior to the primary.
23 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately. <--
24 SECTION 2. SECTION 951(C) OF THE ACT IS AMENDED TO READ: <--
25 SECTION 951. NOMINATIONS BY POLITICAL BODIES.--* * *
26 (C) EACH PERSON SIGNING A NOMINATION PAPER SHALL DECLARE
27 THEREIN THAT HE IS A QUALIFIED ELECTOR OF THE STATE OR DISTRICT,
28 AS THE CASE MAY BE, AND SHALL ADD TO HIS SIGNATURE HIS
29 [OCCUPATION AND] RESIDENCE, GIVING CITY, BOROUGH OR TOWNSHIP,
30 WITH STREET AND NUMBER, IF ANY, AND SHALL ALSO PRINT HIS NAME
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1 AND ADD THE DATE OF SIGNING, EXPRESSED IN WORDS OR NUMBERS:
2 PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT IF SAID POLITICAL DISTRICT NAMED IN THE
3 PAPERS LIES WHOLLY WITHIN ANY CITY, BOROUGH OR TOWNSHIP, OR IS
4 COEXTENSIVE WITH SAME, IT SHALL NOT BE NECESSARY FOR ANY SIGNER
5 OF A PAPER TO STATE THEREIN THE CITY, BOROUGH OR TOWNSHIP OF HIS
6 RESIDENCE. NO ELECTOR SHALL SIGN MORE THAN ONE NOMINATION PAPER
7 FOR EACH OFFICE TO BE FILLED, UNLESS THERE ARE TWO OR MORE
8 PERSONS TO BE ELECTED TO THE SAME OFFICE, IN WHICH CASE HE MAY
9 SIGN NOMINATION PAPERS FOR AS MANY CANDIDATES FOR SUCH OFFICE
10 AS, AND NO MORE THAN, HE COULD VOTE FOR AT THE SUCCEEDING
11 ELECTION. MORE THAN ONE CANDIDATE MAY BE NOMINATED BY ONE
12 NOMINATION PAPER AND CANDIDATES FOR MORE THAN ONE OFFICE MAY BE
13 NOMINATED BY ONE NOMINATION PAPER: PROVIDED, THAT EACH POLITICAL
14 BODY NOMINATING DOES NOT NOMINATE MORE CANDIDATES THAN THERE ARE
15 OFFICES TO BE VOTED FOR AT THE ENSUING ELECTION: AND PROVIDED,
16 THAT ALL THE SIGNERS ON EACH NOMINATION PAPER ARE QUALIFIED TO
17 VOTE FOR ALL THE CANDIDATES NOMINATED THEREIN.
18 * * *
19 SECTION 3. THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT JANUARY 1, 2001.
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