PRINTER'S NO. 234
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
271
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY WEBSTER, MADDEN, HILL-EVANS, GUENST, KINSEY,
ROZZI, SANCHEZ, CERRATO AND NEILSON, MARCH 10, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, MARCH 10, 2023
AN ACT
Amending the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), entitled
"An act concerning elections, including general, municipal,
special and primary elections, the nomination of candidates,
primary and election expenses and election contests; creating
and defining membership of county boards of elections;
imposing duties upon the Secretary of the Commonwealth,
courts, county boards of elections, county commissioners;
imposing penalties for violation of the act, and codifying,
revising and consolidating the laws relating thereto; and
repealing certain acts and parts of acts relating to
elections," in voting by qualified absentee electors, further
providing for applications for official absentee ballots;
and, in voting by qualified mail-in electors, further
providing for applications for official mail-in ballots.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1302(i) of the act of June 3, 1937
(P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code, is
amended by adding a paragraph to read:
Section 1302. Applications for Official Absentee Ballots.--*
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(i) * * *
(1.1) No private organization or individual, other than the
Secretary of the Commonwealth, may send an application for an
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