Regular Session 2015-2016 House Bill 1855 P.N. 2869

PRINTER'S NO. 2869

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

No.

1855

Session of

2015

INTRODUCED BY MCCLINTON, BULLOCK, THOMAS, W. KELLER, J. HARRIS,

V. BROWN, SCHLOSSBERG, KIM, KINSEY, COHEN, YOUNGBLOOD,

NEILSON, BRADFORD AND ACOSTA, FEBRUARY 17, 2016

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 17, 2016

AN ACT

Amending Title 25 (Elections) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

Statutes, in voter registration, further providing for

qualifications to register, for government agencies and for

preparation and distribution of applications.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Sections 1301(a), 1325(b)(4) and 1327(a)(4)(iii)

and (b)(1) of Title 25 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes

are amended to read:

§ 1301. Qualifications to register.

(a) Eligibility.--An individual who will be at least 18

years of age on the day of the next election, who has been a

citizen of the United States for at least one month prior to the

next election and who has resided in this Commonwealth and the

election district where the individual offers to vote for at

least 30 days prior to the next ensuing election [and has not

been confined in a penal institution for a conviction of a

felony within the last five years] shall be eligible to register

as provided in this chapter.

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§ 1325. Government agencies.

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(b) Forms.--An agency designated in subsection (a) shall

provide a form for office visits or, if the agency provides

services to persons with disabilities, for home visits which

contains all of the following:

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(4) The statement "In order to be qualified to register

to vote, you must be at least 18 years of age on the day of

the next election, and you must have been a citizen of the

United States for at least one month prior to the next

election and have resided in Pennsylvania and the election

district where you plan to vote for at least 30 days prior to

the next election[, and you must not have been confined in a

penal institution for a conviction of a felony within the

last five years]."

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§ 1327. Preparation and distribution of applications.

(a) Form.--

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(4) A voter registration application shall be printed on

stock of good quality and shall be of suitable uniform size.

Nothing in this part shall prohibit the design and use of an

electronic voter registration application which includes the

applicant's digitized or electronic signature. The

registration application shall contain the following

information; however, the information may be provided on a

separate form for voter registration made under section 1323

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or 1325:

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(iii) Notice that the applicant must be a citizen of

the United States for at least one month prior to the

next election and a resident of this Commonwealth and the

election district for at least 30 days and must be at

least 18 years of age by the day of the next ensuing

election [and has not been confined in a penal

institution for a conviction of a felony within the last

five years]. The notice required in this subparagraph

shall be in print identical to the declaration under

subsection (b).

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(b) Registration declaration.--

(1) The official voter registration application shall

contain a registration declaration. On the declaration, the

applicant shall state all of the following:

(i) The applicant has been a citizen of the United

States for at least one month prior to the next election.

(ii) On the day of the next ensuing election, the

applicant shall be at least 18 years of age.

(iii) On the day of the next ensuing election, the

applicant shall have resided in this Commonwealth and in

the election district for at least 30 days.

[(iv) The applicant has not been confined in a penal

institution for a conviction of a felony within the last

five years.]

(v) The applicant is legally qualified to vote.

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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.

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