person at a polling place must be received by a county board of
elections no later than 5 o'clock P.M. on the Friday before an
election.
(2) That section 14 of Article VII be amended by adding a
subsection to read:
§ 14. Absentee voting.
* * *
(a.1) Each ballot returned that is not cast in person at a
polling place shall be subject to signature verification.
* * *
(3) That Article VII be amended by adding a section to read:
§ 15. Permanent list prohibited.
The creation, existence or maintenance of a permanent list of
qualified electors who vote by a ballot that is not cast in
person at a polling place shall be prohibited.
Section 2. The following procedure applies to the proposed
constitutional amendments in this joint resolution:
(1) Upon first passage by the General Assembly of the
amendments, the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall proceed
immediately to comply with the advertising requirements of
section 1 of Article XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania.
(2) Upon the second passage of the amendments by the
General Assembly, the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall
proceed immediately to comply with the advertising
requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the Constitution
of Pennsylvania. The Secretary of the Commonwealth shall:
(i) Submit the amendment under section 1(1) of this
resolution to the qualified electors of this Commonwealth
as a separate ballot question at the first primary,
general or municipal election which meets the
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