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PRINTER'S NO. 3840
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2399
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY LONGIETTI, JULY 3, 2018
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, JULY 3, 2018
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 nomination of candidates, further providing
for nomination petitions to be filed.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 907 of the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333,
No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code, is amended to
read:
Section 907. Nomination Petitions to Be Filed.--[The] (a)
Except as provided under subsection (b), the names of candidates
for nomination as President of the United States, and the names
of all other candidates for party nominations, and for election
as delegates, alternate delegates, members of committees and
other party officers, shall be printed upon the official primary
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ballots or ballot labels of a designated party, upon the filing
of separate nomination petitions in their behalf, in form
prescribed by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, signed by duly
registered and enrolled members of such party who are qualified
electors of the State, or of the political district, as the case
may be, within which the nomination is to be made or election is
to be held. Nomination petitions of delegates and alternate
delegates to National conventions committed to support a
particular presidential candidate must be signed by the
particular presidential candidate to whom support is pledged
before it can be certified by the Secretary of the Commonwealth.
The name of no candidate shall be placed upon the official
ballots or ballot labels of a political party to be used at any
primary, unless such petition shall have been filed in his
behalf. In no event shall any person's name be printed upon the
official ballots or ballot labels of any party for the office of
delegate, alternate delegate, member of committee or other party
officer, unless he is a duly registered and enrolled member of
said party.
(b) The names of candidates that are serving as magisterial
district judges and that are seeking party nomination shall be
printed upon the official primary ballots or ballot labels of
all parties eligible to hold a primary, upon the filing of a
declaration of candidacy and candidate affidavit, both in a form
prescribed by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, if the
magisterial district judge was elected to the office he holds at
the time of filing the declaration of candidacy and candidate
affidavit. The declaration of candidacy and candidate affidavit
shall be filed with the office of the board of elections of the
county in which the magisterial district lies and shall be filed
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no later than January 15 of the year in which the term of office
expires.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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