PRINTER'S NO. 665
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
280
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY BOSCOLA AND HAYWOOD, APRIL 13, 2017
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, APRIL 13, 2017
AN ACT
Amending the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), entitled
"An act concerning elections, including general, municipal,
special and primary elections, the nomination of candidates,
primary and election expenses and election contests; creating
and defining membership of county boards of elections;
imposing duties upon the Secretary of the Commonwealth,
courts, county boards of elections, county commissioners;
imposing penalties for violation of the act, and codifying,
revising and consolidating the laws relating thereto; and
repealing certain acts and parts of acts relating to
elections," in qualifications of electors, further providing
for qualifications of electors at primaries; in party
organization, further providing for only enrolled electors to
vote at primaries or hold party offices; in nomination of
candidates, further providing for candidates to be nominated
and party officers to be elected at primaries and providing
for procedure for unenrolled electors to cast primary ballots
and for form of declaration of party enrollment; and, in
preparation for and conduct of primaries and elections,
further providing for manner of applying to vote, persons
entitled to vote, voter's certificates, entries to be made in
district register, numbered lists of voters and challenges
and for voting check list.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sections 702, 802 and 902 of the act of June 3,
1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election
Code, are amended to read:
Section 702. Qualifications of Electors at Primaries.--The
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