Amendment 3174 to Senate Bill 106 P.N. 0071, Regular Session 2021-2022

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AMENDMENTS TO SENATE BILL NO. 106

Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE WHEELAND

Printer's No. 71

Amend Bill, page 1, line 1, by striking out "an amendment"

and inserting

separate and distinct amendments

Amend Bill, page 1, line 2, by inserting after "Governor"

and for qualifications of electors

Amend Bill, page 1, lines 5 and 6, by striking out all of

said lines and inserting

Section 1. The following separate and distinct amendments to

the Constitution of Pennsylvania are proposed in accordance with

Article XI:

(1)

Amend Bill, page 2, lines 8 through 30, by striking out all

of said lines and inserting

(2) That section 1 of Article VII be amended to read:

§ 1. Qualifications of electors.

[Every citizen 21] Only citizens 18 years of age or older,

possessing the following qualifications, shall be entitled to

vote at all elections subject, however, to such laws requiring

and regulating the registration of electors as the General

Assembly may enact.

1. He or she shall have been a citizen of the United States

at least one month.

2. He or she shall have resided in the State [90] 30 days

immediately preceding the election.

3. He or she shall have resided in the election district

where he or she shall offer to vote at least [60] 30 days

immediately preceding the election, except that if qualified to

vote in an election district prior to removal of residence, he

or she may, if a resident of Pennsylvania, vote in the election

district from which he or she removed his or her residence

within [60] 30 days preceding the election.

4. He or she shall present valid identification prior to

voting, regardless of voting method. If an elector does not

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possess valid identification, he or she shall, upon request, be

furnished with a government-issued identification at no cost to

the elector. For purposes of this paragraph, the term "valid

identification" shall mean any unexpired government-issued

identification, unless otherwise authorized by statute.

Section 2. (a) Upon the first passage by the General

Assembly of these proposed constitutional amendments, the

Secretary of the Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to

comply with the advertising requirements of section 1 of Article

XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the

required advertisements to two newspapers in every county in

which such newspapers are published in sufficient time after

passage of these proposed constitutional amendments.

(b) Upon the second passage by the General Assembly of these

proposed constitutional amendments, the Secretary of the

Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to comply with the

advertising requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the

Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the required

advertisements to two newspapers in every county in which such

newspapers are published in sufficient time after passage of

these proposed constitutional amendments. The Secretary of the

Commonwealth shall:

(1) Submit the proposed constitutional amendment under

section 1(1) of this resolution to the qualified electors of

this Commonwealth as a separate ballot question at the first

primary, general or municipal election which meets the

requirements of and is in conformance with section 1 of

Article XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and which

occurs at least three months after the proposed

constitutional amendment is passed by the General Assembly.

(2) Submit the proposed constitutional amendment under