PRINTER'S NO. 3803
No. 2865 Session of 1980
INTRODUCED BY RASCO AND PHILLIPS, JULY 25, 1980
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, JULY 25, 1980
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), entitled
2 "An act concerning elections, including general, municipal,
3 special and primary elections, the nomination of candidates,
4 primary and election expenses and election contests; creating
5 and defining membership of county boards of elections;
6 imposing duties upon the Secretary of the Commonwealth,
7 courts, county boards of elections, county commissioners;
8 imposing penalties for violation of the act, and codifying,
9 revising and consolidating the laws relating thereto; and
10 repealing certain acts and parts of acts relating to
11 elections," further restricting electioneering at polling
12 places.
13 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
14 hereby enacts as follows:
15 Section 1. Subsection (d) of section 1220, act of June 3,
16 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the "Pennsylvania Election
17 Code," is amended to read:
18 Section 1220. Regulations in Force at Polling Places.--* * *
19 (d) All persons, except election officers, clerks, machine
20 inspectors, overseers, watchers, persons in the course of
21 voting, persons lawfully giving assistance to voters, and peace
22 and police officers, when permitted by the provisions of this
1 act, must remain at least [ten (10)] five hundred (500) feet
2 distant from the polling place during the progress of the
3 voting.
4 * * *
5 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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