PRINTER'S NO. 2482
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1825
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY MASSER, MILLARD, PICKETT, WARD, MILNE, A. HARRIS
AND WHEELAND, SEPTEMBER 26, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, SEPTEMBER 26, 2017
AN ACT
Amending the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), entitled
"An act concerning elections, including general, municipal,
special and primary elections, the nomination of candidates,
primary and election expenses and election contests; creating
and defining membership of county boards of elections;
imposing duties upon the Secretary of the Commonwealth,
courts, county boards of elections, county commissioners;
imposing penalties for violation of the act, and codifying,
revising and consolidating the laws relating thereto; and
repealing certain acts and parts of acts relating to
elections," in nomination of candidates, further providing
for determination and certification of Statewide and
countywide parties, for municipal clerks and party chairmen
to furnish information as to offices to be filled, for
Secretary of the Commonwealth to notify county board of
certain nominations to be made, for manner of signing
nomination petitions and time of circulating, for place and
time of filing nomination petitions and filing fees, for
setting aside nominations of candidates and for objections to
nomination petitions and papers.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sections 901, 904, 905, 908, 913(d), 922.1 and
977 of the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the
Pennsylvania Election Code, are amended to read:
Section 901. Determination and Certification of State-wide
and County-wide Parties.--(a) The Secretary of the Commonwealth
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