See other bills
under the
same topic
PRINTER'S NO. 2607
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2250
Session of
2022
INTRODUCED BY YOUNG, N. NELSON, HOHENSTEIN, D. WILLIAMS, KINSEY,
SCHLOSSBERG, SANCHEZ, T. DAVIS, WEBSTER, MADDEN, INNAMORATO,
GUENST, CIRESI, DEASY AND PARKER, JANUARY 14, 2022
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, JANUARY 14, 2022
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 voting by qualified absentee electors, further
providing for canvassing of official absentee ballots and
mail-in ballots.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1308(g)(1.1) of the act of June 3, 1937
(P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code,
amended March 27, 2020 (P.L.41, No.12), is amended to read:
Section 1308. Canvassing of Official Absentee Ballots and
Mail-in Ballots.--* * *
(g) * * *
(1.1) The county board of elections shall meet no earlier
than [seven o'clock A.M. on] twenty-one days prior to election
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
day to pre-canvass all ballots received prior to the meeting. A
county board of elections shall provide at least forty-eight
hours' notice of a pre-canvass meeting by publicly posting a
notice of a pre-canvass meeting on its publicly accessible
Internet website. One authorized representative of each
candidate in an election and one representative from each
political party shall be permitted to remain in the room in
which the absentee ballots and mail-in ballots are pre-
canvassed. No person observing, attending or participating in a
pre-canvass meeting may disclose the results of any portion of
any pre-canvass meeting prior to the close of the polls.
* * *
Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
20220HB2250PN2607 - 2 -
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13