S0224B1059A01952 PWK:AAS 09/08/23 #90 A01952
AMENDMENTS TO SENATE BILL NO. 224
Sponsor: SENATOR ARGALL
Printer's No. 1059
Amend Bill, page 1, line 13, by striking out the period after
"elected" and inserting
; and, in nomination of candidates, further providing for manner
of signing nomination petitions and time of circulating and
for place and time of filing nomination petitions and filing
fees.
Amend Bill, page 1, lines 16 through 18, by striking out all
of said lines and inserting
Section 1. Sections 603, 908 and 913(d) of the act of June
3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election
Code, are amended to read:
Amend Bill, page 2, line 12, by striking out "(C)" and
inserting
( b .2)
Amend Bill, page 2, by inserting between lines 13 and 14
Section 908. Manner of Signing Nomination Petitions; Time of
Circulating.--
(1) Each signer of a nomination petition shall sign but one
such petition for each office to be filled, and shall declare
therein that he is a registered and enrolled member of the party
designated in such petition: Provided, however, That where there
are to be elected two or more persons to the same office, each
signer may sign petitions for as many candidates for such office
as, and no more than, he could vote for at the succeeding
election. He shall also declare therein that he is a qualified
elector of the county therein named, and in case the nomination
is not to be made or candidates are not to be elected by the
electors of the State at large, of the political district
therein named, in which the nomination is to be made or the
election is to be held. He shall add his address where he is
duly registered and enrolled, giving city, borough or township,
with street and number, if any, and shall legibly print his name
and add the date of signing, expressed in words or numbers:
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Provided, however, That if the said political district named in
the petition lies wholly within any city, borough or township,
or is coextensive with same, it shall not be necessary for any
signer of a nomination petition to state therein the city,
borough or township of his residence. [No]
(2) Except as provided under paragraph (3), no nomination
petition shall be circulated prior to the thirteenth Tuesday
before the primary, and no signature shall be counted unless it
bears a date affixed not earlier than the thirteenth Tuesday nor
later than the tenth Tuesday prior to the primary.
(3) For the general primary election that occurs in 2024, no
nomination petition shall be circulated prior to the eleventh
Tuesday before the primary and no signature shall be counted
unless it bears a date affixed not earlier than the eleventh
Tuesday nor later than the eighth Tuesday prior to the primary.
Section 913. Place and Time of Filing Nomination Petitions;
Filing Fees.--* * *
[(d) All] (d) (1) Except as provided under paragraph (2),
all nomination petitions shall be filed on or before the tenth
Tuesday prior to the primary.
(2) For the general primary election that occurs in 2024,
all nomination petitions shall be filed on or before the eighth
Tuesday prior to the primary.
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