PRINTER'S NO. 4342
No. 2830 Session of 2006
INTRODUCED BY CLYMER, CREIGHTON, FAIRCHILD, FORCIER, FREEMAN,
GINGRICH, McILHATTAN, NICKOL, RAPP, REED, ROSS, RUBLEY,
E. Z. TAYLOR, TIGUE AND VITALI, JUNE 22, 2006
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, JUNE 22, 2006
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 nominations by political
12 bodies.
13 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
14 hereby enacts as follows:
15 Section 1. Section 951(b) of the act of June 3, 1937
16 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code,
17 amended December 22, 1971 (P.L.613, No.165), is amended to read:
18 Section 951. Nominations by Political Bodies.--* * *
19 (b) Where the nomination is for any office to be filled by
20 the electors of the State at large, the number of qualified
21 electors of the State signing such nomination paper shall be at
22 least equal to two per centum of the largest entire vote cast
1 for any elected candidate in the State at large at the last
2 preceding election at which State-wide candidates were voted for
3 and shall not exceed forty-five thousand signatures. In the case
4 of all other nominations, the number of qualified electors of
5 the electoral district signing such nomination papers shall be
6 at least equal to two per centum of the largest entire vote cast
7 for any officer, except a judge of a court of record, elected at
8 the last preceding election in said electoral district for which
9 said nomination papers are to be filed, and shall be not less
10 than the number of signers required for nomination petitions for
11 party candidates for the same office. In cases where a new
12 electoral district shall have been created, the number of
13 qualified electors signing such nomination papers, for
14 candidates to be elected at the first election held after the
15 creation of such district, shall be at least equal to two per
16 centum of the largest vote cast in the several election
17 districts, which are included in the district newly created, for
18 any officer elected in the last preceding election.
19 * * *
20 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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