PRIOR PASSAGE - NONE
PRINTER'S NO. 644
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
700
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY DIAMOND, ROAE, IRVIN, HAMM, KAUFFMAN, MOUL,
ZIMMERMAN, KEEFER, M. JONES, ROWE, BOROWICZ AND WARNER,
MARCH 24, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, MARCH 24, 2023
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, further providing for method of elections
and secrecy in voting.
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 4 of Article VII be amended to read:
ยง 4. Method of elections; secrecy in voting.
[All] E xcept as permitted by absentee ballot under section 14
of this article, all elections by the citizens shall be by
ballot [or by such other method as may be prescribed by law:]
cast in person by electors at their polling place, including
early in-person voting, as prescribed by law: Provided, That
secrecy in voting be preserved.
Section 2. The following procedure applies to the proposed
constitutional amendment in this joint resolution:
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