PRINTER'S NO. 259
No. 258 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY WAGNER, STOUT, WOZNIAK, COSTA AND STAPLETON, FEBRUARY 1, 1999
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 1, 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 the date of the general 12 primary in years in which the President of the United States 13 is nominated. 14 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 15 hereby enacts as follows: 16 Section 1. Section 603(a) of the act of June 3, 1937 17 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code, 18 amended October 12, 1990 (P.L.534, No.131), is amended to read: 19 Section 603. General Primary; Candidates to Be Nominated and 20 Party Officers to Be Elected.--(a) There shall be a General 21 primary preceding each general election which shall be held on 22 the third Tuesday of May in all even-numbered years, except in 23 the year of the nomination of a President of the United States,
1 in which year the General primary shall be held on the [fourth
2 Tuesday of April] second Tuesday of March. Candidates for all
3 offices to be filled at the ensuing general election shall be
4 nominated at the General primary. The vote for candidates for
5 the office of President of the United States, as provided for by
6 this act, shall be cast at the General primary.
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8 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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