PRINTER'S NO. 4472
No. 2830 Session of 2004
INTRODUCED BY FLICK, TIGUE, KILLION, WILT, ARGALL, ARMSTRONG,
BOYD, CRAHALLA, DENLINGER, FREEMAN, HARRIS, HERSHEY,
PHILLIPS, REICHLEY AND SCHRODER, OCTOBER 5, 2004
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, OCTOBER 5, 2004
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," requiring presidential electors to vote for party
12 nominees; and prescribing a penalty.
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 1502.1. Presidential Electors Required to Vote for
19 Party Nominees.--(a) Each presidential elector shall, when
20 performing the duties enjoined upon him by the Constitution and
21 laws of the United States, cast his electoral vote for the
22 nominees for President and Vice-President of the United States
1 of the political party which certified him to the Secretary of
2 State as a presidential elector.
3 (b) A person who violates this section commits a summary
4 offense and, upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to a
5 fine of not more than $250.
6 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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