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AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 934

Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE CONKLIN

Printer's No. 1805

Amend Bill, page 1, line 14, by striking out "and,"

Amend Bill, page 1, line 18, by inserting after "challenges"

; and providing for advance voting and for advisory

committee

Amend Bill, page 9, by inserting between lines 15 and 16

Section 4.  The act is amended by adding an article to read:

ARTICLE XIII-D

ADVANCE VOTING

Section 1301-D.  Advance voting.

(a)  Establishment.--The county board of each county shall

provide for advance voting to begin no earlier than ten business

days prior to the dates of elections and primaries established

in accordance with Article VI and to end no later than 8 p.m.

Eastern Standard Time on the day immediately before the election

or primary.

(b)  Conduct.--Each county board shall allow individuals to

vote in the election in the same manner as voting is allowed on

the date of the election or primary.

(c)  Days and hours.--

(1)  The county board of each county shall designate the

days and hours that advance voting sites shall be open,

provided that all sites throughout the county shall have

uniform days and hours, shall be open no fewer than eight

hours each weekday, shall be open a minimum of an aggregate

eight hours each weekend if weekend voting is approved by the

county board under paragraph (2) and shall not open prior to

7 a.m. Eastern Standard Time or close before 7 p.m. Eastern

Standard Time. A qualified elector in line at the closing of

an advance voting site shall be permitted to vote.

(2)  A county board may approve conduct of advance voting

during the period of advance voting provided in subsection

(a) on Saturdays, Sundays, or both. The weekend advance

voting shall be conducted during the hours as provided in

this subsection.

(d)  Places.--Advance voting shall occur at the main office

of the county board and in locations as may be designated by the

county board. The designations shall occur at a public meeting

of the county board.

Section 1302-D.  Voting checklists and records.

(a)  Compilation.--Voting checklists shall be compiled in

accordance with section 1212.

(b)  Division.--The voting checklists shall be divided by

date.

(c)  Records.--Separate records shall be maintained for each

day of advance voting.

Section 1303-D.  Staffing of polling places.

(a)  Duty of county board.--Each county board shall designate

sufficient individuals to staff advance voting sites.

(b)  Staff duties.--The individuals staffing advance voting

sites shall execute the responsibilities of:

(1)  Judges of elections.

(2)  Inspectors of elections.

(3)  Clerks.

(4)  Machine operators.

(c)  Requirement.--Every individual staffing any advance

voting site shall be a member or full-time employee of the

county board or an employee of the county to whom the county

board has provided training equivalent to that given a full-time

employee of the county board and has demonstrated to the

satisfaction of the county board an understanding of and ability

to execute the responsibilities.

(d)  Alternate advance voting site staffers.--A county board

may designate alternate advance voting site staffers provided

that all alternate advance voting site staffers meet all

requirements provided by this subsection.

Section 1304-D.  Advance voting plan.

(a)  Duty of county board.--Each county board shall prepare

and unanimously approve an advance voting plan no later than 30

days prior to an election.

(b)  Contents.--The advance voting plan shall include, but is

not limited to:

(1)  The names, hours and locations of advance voting

sites.

(2)  The names of individuals who shall staff the

respective advance voting sites, including alternative

advance voting site staff.

(3)  The protocol to preserve the security and integrity

of voting machines, provisional ballots, voting checklists

and all other equipment, records and supplies necessary for

the conduct and successful completion of advance voting.

(c)  Petition.--If a county board of elections has considered

one or more proposed advance voting plans and has been unable to

reach unanimity in favor of an advance voting plan, a member of

that county board may petition the Commonwealth Court to adopt a

plan for it. If petitioned, the Commonwealth Court may also

receive and consider alternative petitions from another member

or members of that county board. The Commonwealth Court may

adopt an advance voting plan for that county.

(d)  Returns.--The canvass of returns for ballots cast under

this article shall be substantially the same as votes cast by

qualified electors in election districts.

(e)  Results.--The results or tabulation of votes cast during

the period of advance voting shall not be made before the close

of the polls on election day.

(f)  Reporting.--Advance voting results shall be reported in

the same manner as votes cast on election day.

Section 1305-D.  Advance voting implementation advisory

committee.

(a)  Establishment.--There is established an advisory

committee to be known as the Advance Voting Implementation

Advisory Committee.

(b)  Members.--The advisory committee shall be comprised of

the following persons:

(1)  The Secretary of the Commonwealth or his designee

who shall act as chairperson.

(2)  One county commissioner, as appointed by the

Chairman of the County Commissioners Association of

Pennsylvania, from each of the following:

(i)  A county of the first class.

(ii)  A county of the second class.

(iii)  A county of the second class A.

(iv)  A county of the third class.

(v)  A county of the fourth class.

(vi)  A county of the fifth class.

(vii)  A county of the sixth class.

(viii)  A county of the seventh class.

(ix)  A county of the eighth class.

(3)  Four county elections directors as appointed by the

Commissioner of the Bureau of Commissions, Elections and

Legislation.

(4)  Two members from the Senate, one appointed by the

Majority Leader of the Senate and one appointed by the

Minority Leader of the Senate.

(5)  Two members from the House of Representatives, one

appointed by the Majority Leader of the House of

Representatives and one appointed by the Minority Leader of

the House of Representatives.

(6)  Two county sheriffs, one appointed by the President

Pro Tempore of the Senate and one appointed by the Speaker of

the House of Representatives.

(7)  The President of the League of Women Voters of

Pennsylvania or his designee.

(c)  Roles and responsibilities.--The advisory committee

shall recommend to the Department of State regarding the

formulation of technical, administrative and operational

standards for use in implementing, executing and overseeing

advance voting.

(d)  Reimbursement.--The advisory committee members shall

serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for their

necessary travel and other reasonable expenses in connection

with attendance at meetings called by the chairperson.

(e)  Advisory committee subcommittees.--The chairperson may

create, within the committee membership, subcommittees to study

and address specific technical and program areas.

(f)  Advisory committee report of recommendations.--No later

than 90 days after this section becomes effective, the advisory

committee shall submit a report of its recommendations to:

(1)  The Secretary of the Commonwealth.

(2)  The General Assembly.

(3)  The Governor.

(g)  Publication.--The Secretary of the Commonwealth shall

make available for inspection the report of recommendations on

its public Internet website upon receiving the report.

Amend Bill, page 9, line 17, by striking out "4" and

inserting

 5

Amend Bill, page 9, line 19, by striking out "5" and

inserting

 6

Amend Bill, page 9, lines 19 and 20, by striking out "July 1,

2011, or " in line 19 and all of line 20 and inserting

 as follows:

(1)  The addition of section 1305-D of the act shall take

effect immediately.

(2)  The amendment or addition of sections 102, 206 and

1210(a), (a.1), (a.2), (a.3) and (a.4)(1) and (5) of the act

shall take effect July 1, 2011, or immediately, whichever is

later.

(3)  This section shall take effect immediately.

(4)  The remainder of this act shall take effect in 180

days.