PRINTER'S NO. 2492
No. 1983 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY BUNT, ARGALL, BELFANTI, BENNINGHOFF, M. COHEN,
COSTA, DeLUCA, FARGO, FICHTER, FRANKEL, GRUCELA, HARHAI,
MARKOSEK, McGILL, NAILOR, PRESTON, RAMOS, ROBINSON, SEMMEL,
SEYFERT, B. SMITH, SOLOBAY, STABACK, TANGRETTI, E. Z. TAYLOR,
J. TAYLOR, THOMAS, TIGUE, VAN HORNE, WILT, WOGAN AND
YOUNGBLOOD, OCTOBER 20, 1999
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, OCTOBER 20, 1999
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 district election boards.
12 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
13 hereby enacts as follows:
14 Section 1. Section 401 of the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333,
15 No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code, amended
16 February 10, 1956 (P.L.1019, No.319), is amended to read:
17 Section 401. District Election Boards; Election.--
18 (a) All primaries and elections shall be conducted in each
19 election district by a district election board consisting of a
20 judge of election, a majority inspector of election and a
1 minority inspector of election, assisted by clerks and machine
2 inspectors in certain cases, as hereinafter provided. The judge
3 and inspectors of election of each election district shall be
4 elected by the electors thereof at the municipal election, and
5 shall hold office for a term of four years from the first Monday
6 of January next succeeding their election. Each elector may vote
7 for one person as judge and for one person as inspector, and the
8 person receiving the highest number of votes for judge shall be
9 declared elected judge of election, the person receiving the
10 highest number of votes for inspector shall be declared elected
11 majority inspector of election, and the person receiving the
12 second highest number of votes for inspector shall be declared
13 elected minority inspector of election.
14 (b) Nothing in this section shall preclude a judge or
15 inspector of election of an election district from serving in
16 that capacity in another election district that conducts its
17 elections at the same location, provided that each judge and
18 inspector of election otherwise is elected and serves in
19 accordance with this section.
20 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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