PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1000
PRINTER'S NO. 2158
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
979
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY SOLOMON, RABB, SAPPEY, MADDEN, ZABEL, HADDOCK,
VENKAT, GUENST, HILL-EVANS, SCHWEYER, KHAN, FLEMING,
ISAACSON, McNEILL, GAYDOS, FRANKEL, CERRATO AND FRIEL,
APRIL 24, 2023
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, OCTOBER 17, 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 preliminary provisions, further providing for
definitions; in qualifications of electors, further providing
for qualifications of electors at primaries; in party
organization, further providing for only enrolled electors to
vote at primaries or hold party offices; in nomination of
candidates, further providing for candidates to be nominated
and party officers to be elected at primaries and providing
for procedure for unenrolled electors to cast primary
ballots; and, in preparation for and conduct of primaries and
elections, further providing for manner of applying to vote,
persons entitled to vote, voter's certificates, entries to be
made in district register, numbered lists of voters and
challenges.; IN VOTING BY QUALIFIED ABSENTEE ELECTORS,
FURTHER PROVIDING FOR APPLICATIONS FOR OFFICIAL ABSENTEE
BALLOTS; IN VOTING BY QUALIFIED MAIL-IN ELECTORS, FURTHER
PROVIDING FOR APPLICATIONS FOR OFFICIAL MAIL-IN BALLOTS; IN
RETURNS OF PRIMARIES AND ELECTIONS, FURTHER PROVIDING FOR
COMPUTATION OF RETURNS BY COUNTY BOARD, CERTIFICATION AND
ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES OF ELECTION; AND, IN PENALTIES,
FURTHER PROVIDING FOR ELECTION OFFICERS REFUSING TO PERMIT
ELECTOR TO VOTE IN PROPER PARTY AT PRIMARIES AND REPEALING
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