required under this section. A registered elector may not
remit a ballot for spoiling in order to vote at the polling
place unless otherwise provided under this article.
Notwithstanding sections 1302(i)(1), 1303(e), 1302-D(f) and
1303-D(e), official mail-in and absentee ballots mailed under
this article may not state that the elector is eligible to
vote at a polling place on election day if the elector brings
the elector's absentee ballot to the elector's polling place,
remits the ballot and the envelope containing the declaration
of the elector to the judge of elections to be spoiled and
signs a statement subject to the penalties of 18 Pa.C.S. §
4904 to the same effect.
(10) Notwithstanding section 1308(g)(1.1) or any other
provision of law, no earlier than the seventh day prior to
the date of the election, the county board shall meet to
begin precanvassing all mail-in and absentee ballots received
prior to the meeting. A county board shall provide at least
48 hours' notice of a precanvass meeting by publicly posting
a notice of a precanvass 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 mail-in and absentee ballots are precanvassed. An
individual observing, attending or participating in a
precanvass meeting may not disclose the results of any
portion of a precanvass meeting prior to the close of the
polls.
Section 1303-F. Duties of department.
The department may establish by guidance, rule or regulation
the requirements and criteria for implementation and
administration of this article, including the following:
(1) the designation of places of deposit for the mailed
ballots cast in an election;
(2) the dates and times the places of deposit must be
open and the security requirements for the places of deposit;
(3) the requirements and criteria, including to ensure
privacy and adequate public availability of the compartments,
shelves, tables and voting booths provided to electors; and
(4) the appropriate means by which county boards provide
for requests for, issuance of and tracking of replacement
ballots.
Section 2. Section 1853 of the act, amended March 27, 2020
(P.L.41, No.12), is amended to read:
Section 1853. Violations of Provisions Relating to Absentee
and Mail-in Ballots.--If any person shall sign an application
for absentee ballot, mail-in ballot or declaration of elector on
the forms prescribed knowing any matter declared therein to be
false, or shall vote any ballot other than one properly issued
to the person, or vote or attempt to vote more than once in any
election for which an absentee ballot or mail-in ballot shall
have been issued to the person, or shall violate any other
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