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PRINTER'S NO. 431
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
412
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY STEFANO, FOLMER, SCHWANK, KILLION, ARGALL, STREET,
BARTOLOTTA, COSTA, K. WARD, YUDICHAK, BROWNE, KEARNEY AND
BREWSTER, MARCH 19, 2019
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, MARCH 19, 2019
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, repealing provisions relating to
disqualifications for service as election officer.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby resolves as follows:
Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of
Pennsylvania is proposed in accordance with Article XI:
That section 12 of Article VII be repealed:
[ยง 12. Disqualifications for service as election officer.
No persons shall be qualified to serve as an election officer
who shall hold, or shall within two months have held any office,
appointment or employment in or under the government of the
United States, or of this State, or of any city, or county, or
of any municipal board, commission or trust in any city, save
only notaries public and persons in the National Guard or in a
reserve component of the armed forces of the United States; nor
shall any election officer be eligible to any civil office to be
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