PRINTER'S NO. 3753
No. 2597 Session of 2002
INTRODUCED BY LEWIS, ARGALL, ARMSTRONG, CLYMER, CREIGHTON,
DALEY, HENNESSEY, HERSHEY, STABACK, THOMAS, TIGUE AND
YOUNGBLOOD, APRIL 23, 2002
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, APRIL 23, 2002
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 selection of polling
12 places.
13 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
14 hereby enacts as follows:
15 Section 1. Section 527 of the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333,
16 No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code, is amended by
17 adding a subsection to read:
18 Section 527. Public Buildings to Be Used Where Possible;
19 Portable Polling Places.--* * *
20 (d) The county board of election wherever possible and
21 practicable, may designate a polling place for residents of a
22 private community if:
1 (1) the private community contains more than one thousand
2 (1,000) duly registered voters within the boundaries of one
3 township; and
4 (2) no additional burdens or restrictions are permitted for
5 those voters.
6 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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