PRINTER'S NO. 4138
No. 3009 Session of 1992
INTRODUCED BY ANDERSON, NOVEMBER 17, 1992
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, NOVEMBER 17, 1992
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 providing for nomination by political
12 bodies.
13 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
14 hereby enacts as follows:
15 Section 1. Section 951(e) of the act of June 3, 1937
16 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code,
17 amended April 18, 1985 (P.L.5, No.4), is amended to read:
18 Section 951. Nominations by Political Bodies.--* * *
19 (e) There shall be appended to each nomination paper offered
20 for filing an affidavit of each candidate nominated therein,
21 stating--(1) the election district in which he resides; (2) the
22 name of the office for which he consents to be a candidate; (3)
23 that he is eligible for such office; (4) that he will not
1 knowingly violate any provision of this act, or of any law
2 regulating and limiting election expenses, and prohibiting
3 corrupt practices in connection therewith; (5) [that his name
4 has not been presented as a candidate by nomination petitions
5 for any public office to be voted for at the ensuing primary
6 election, nor has he been nominated by any other nomination
7 papers filed for any such office; (6) that in the case where he
8 is a candidate for election at a general or municipal election,
9 he was not a registered and enrolled member of a party thirty
10 (30) days before the primary held prior to the general or
11 municipal election in that same year; (7)] that, in the case
12 where he is a candidate for election at a special election, he
13 is not a registered and enrolled member of a party. In cases of
14 papers for candidates for the General Assembly, the candidate's
15 affidavit shall state (i) that the candidate will satisfy the
16 eligibility requirements contained in sections 5 and 7 of
17 Article II of the Constitution of Pennsylvania; (ii) (a) that in
18 the case of a candidate for the office of Senator in the General
19 Assembly that the candidate will be twenty-five (25) years of
20 age on or before the first day of the term for which the
21 candidate seeks election or (b) that in the case of a candidate
22 for the office of Representative in the General Assembly that
23 the candidate will be twenty-one (21) years of age on or before
24 the first day of the term for which the candidate seeks
25 election; (iii) that the candidate shall have been a citizen and
26 inhabitant of Pennsylvania four (4) years and an inhabitant of
27 the respective district one (1) year next before the election
28 (unless absent on the public business of the United States or of
29 this State); and (iv) that the candidate has not been convicted
30 of embezzlement of public moneys, bribery, perjury or other
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1 infamous crime.
2 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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