PRINTER'S NO. 632
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
281
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY BOSCOLA, COSTA, HUGHES, FONTANA, FARNESE, SCHWANK,
BREWSTER AND HAYWOOD, APRIL 5, 2017
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, APRIL 5, 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 preliminary provisions, providing for voter's
bill of rights; and, in election districts and polling
places, further providing for public buildings to be used
where possible and portable polling places.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), known
as the Pennsylvania Election Code, is amended by adding a
section to read:
Section 107. Voter's Bill of Rights.--(a) The following
rights are guaranteed to all registered voters in this
Commonwealth:
(1) A voter who is in line at the correct polling place
during the hours it is required by law to be open may vote, even
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