PRINTER'S NO. 1337
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1138
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY GOODMAN, BARBIN, V. BROWN, BULLOCK, D. COSTA,
DEAN, DEASY, DeLUCA, FRANKEL, FREEMAN, J. HARRIS, HILL-EVANS,
IRVIN, KINSEY, LONGIETTI, MARSHALL, MATZIE, McNEILL, O'BRIEN,
PASHINSKI, RAVENSTAHL, SAMUELSON, SCHLOSSBERG, SOLOMON,
THOMAS AND WARREN, APRIL 10, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, APRIL 10, 2017
AN ACT
Amending Title 25 (Elections) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in conduct of elections, further providing for
application for absentee ballots.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 3302(a) of Title 25 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
ยง 3302. Application for absentee ballots.
(a) General rule.--Notwithstanding the provisions of Part IV
(relating to voter registration) or the act of June 3, 1937
(P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code,
[the following persons] a qualified elector may make application
for an absentee ballot by sending a letter or other signed
document to the county board of elections in the county in which
the person's voting address is located.[:
(1) A registered elector who is unable to attend the
polling place on the day of any primary or election because
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of illness or physical disability.
(2) A registered elector who expects to be absent from
this Commonwealth or the municipality of residence because
duties, occupation or business require the elector to be
elsewhere the day of any primary or election.
(3) A county employee who cannot vote due to duties
relating to the conduct of elections.
(4) A person who will not attend a polling place because
of an observance of a religious holiday.]
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Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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