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HOUSE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 24, 584, 1037
PRINTER'S NO. 1076
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
48
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY GORDNER, FOLMER, LANGERHOLC, MARTIN, HUTCHINSON,
DiSANTO, YAW, BARTOLOTTA, K. WARD, WHITE, STEFANO AND
J. WARD, JANUARY 11, 2019
AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
JUNE 25, 2019
AN ACT
Amending Title 25 (Elections) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in conduct of elections, providing for voting
systems.
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 BALLOTS, FURTHER PROVIDING FOR FORM OF
OFFICIAL ELECTION BALLOT AND FOR NUMBER OF BALLOTS TO BE
PRINTED AND SPECIMEN BALLOTS; IN VOTING MACHINES, FURTHER
PROVIDING FOR REQUIREMENTS OF VOTING MACHINES AND FOR FORM OF
BALLOT LABELS ON VOTING MACHINES; IN ELECTRONIC VOTING
SYSTEMS, FURTHER PROVIDING FOR REQUIREMENTS OF ELECTRONIC
VOTING SYSTEMS, FOR FORMS AND FOR ELECTION DAY PROCEDURES AND
THE PROCESS OF VOTING; PROVIDING FOR VOTING SYSTEMS
DECERTIFICATION; IN PREPARATION FOR AND CONDUCT OF PRIMARIES
AND ELECTIONS, FURTHER PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS OF VOTERS
AND MANNER OF VOTING IN DISTRICTS IN WHICH VOTING MACHINES
ARE USED, FOR COUNT AND RETURN OF VOTES IN DISTRICTS IN WHICH
BALLOTS ARE USED AND FOR WHAT BALLOTS SHALL BE COUNTED,
MANNER OF COUNTING AND DEFECTIVE BALLOTS; AND, IN VOTING BY
QUALIFIED ABSENTEE ELECTORS, FURTHER PROVIDING FOR DATE OF
APPLICATION FOR ABSENTEE BALLOT, FOR APPROVAL OF APPLICATION
FOR ABSENTEE BALLOT, FOR VOTING BY ABSENTEE ELECTORS AND FOR
CANVASSING OF OFFICIAL ABSENTEE BALLOTS.
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