PRINTER'S NO. 1274
No. 1082 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY ANDREZESKI, PORTERFIELD AND BELAN, JUNE 19, 1989
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, JUNE 19, 1989
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," providing for driver's license voter
12 registration.
13 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
14 hereby enacts as follows:
15 Section 1. The act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), known
16 as the Pennsylvania Election Code, is amended by adding a
17 section to read:
18 Section 705. Driver's License Voter Registration.--(a)
19 Every person who applies for a driver's license pursuant to 75
20 Pa.C.S. Ch. 15 (relating to licensing of drivers) and who is
21 otherwise qualified to register to vote shall, at the same time
22 and place, be permitted to register to vote by completing an
23 affidavit.
1 (b) The Secretary of Transportation and the Secretary of the
2 Commonwealth shall, after consultation with all county boards of
3 elections and within one hundred twenty (120) days of the
4 effective date of this act, promulgate regulations to implement
5 a system permitting driver's license applicants to register to
6 vote at the same time and place as they apply for drivers'
7 licenses. These regulations shall:
8 (1) Bring the license application and voter registration
9 application forms into substantial conformity.
10 (2) Provide for the appointment of special deputy
11 registrars.
12 (3) Permit the transfer of driver's license application
13 information, including, renewal and change of address, and voter
14 registration information from the Department of Transportation
15 to the voter registration rolls.
16 (c) Every county board of elections shall appoint such
17 special deputy registrars as may be requested by the Secretary
18 of Transportation.
19 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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