PRINTER'S NO. 2375
No. 1881 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY ARMSTRONG, FARGO, BROWN, McILHATTAN, LAUGHLIN,
McCALL, PESCI, ZIMMERMAN, READSHAW, CURRY, BELFANTI,
McGEEHAN, JAMES AND ROBERTS, OCTOBER 7, 1997
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, OCTOBER 7, 1997
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 qualifications of electors
12 at primaries.
13 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
14 hereby enacts as follows:
15 Section 1. Section 702 of the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333,
16 No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code, is amended to
17 read:
18 Section 702. Qualifications of Electors at Primaries.--The
19 qualifications of electors entitled to vote at primaries shall
20 be the same as the qualifications of electors entitled to vote
21 at elections within the election district where the primary is
22 held, provided that [no]:
1 (1) No elector who is not registered and enrolled as a
2 member of a political party, in accordance with the provisions
3 of this act, shall be permitted to vote the ballot of such party
4 or any other party ballot at any primary.
5 (2) An elector who is not eighteen years of age on a primary
6 election, but who will be eighteen years of age or older on the
7 general or special election immediately following such primary
8 election, shall be entitled to vote at the primary election if
9 the elector is otherwise qualified to vote in the primary
10 election.
11 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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