H1300B1760A01714 SFL:JSL 06/15/21 #90 A01714
AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 1300
Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE DAVIDSON
Printer's No. 1760
Amend Bill, page 1, lines 11 through 34; page 2, lines 1
through 30; page 3, lines 1 through 25; by striking out "as
follows:" in line 11, all of lines 12 through 34 on page 1, all
of lines 1 through 30 on page 2 and all of lines 1 through 25 on
page 3 and inserting
in voting by qualified absentee electors, further providing for
canvassing of official absentee ballots and mail-in ballots.
Amend Bill, page 3, lines 28 through 42; pages 4 through 146,
lines 1 through 30; page 147, lines 1 through 26; by striking
out all of said lines on said pages and inserting
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] seven (7) days prior to election
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.
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